Quick answer: DSCR loans in Las Vegas qualify on the property’s rental income rather than your personal income. The lender divides the expected rent by the property’s full housing payment — principal, interest, taxes, insurance, and any HOA dues — and that ratio drives the decision. One rule sits above all the others: a DSCR loan is business-purpose financing for an investment property only. You cannot live in the home. If you plan to occupy it, you need a consumer mortgage instead.
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Review My Property ScenarioMost Las Vegas investors hit the same wall twice. First, a conventional lender counts every mortgage they already carry against their debt-to-income ratio. Second, a self-employed tax return that looks great to a CPA looks thin to an underwriter. DSCR loans in Las Vegas exist to route around both problems, because they ask a different question entirely: does this property pay for itself? Therefore, this page covers the decision layer — what the product is, what it is not, what the local market does to the math, and when a conventional investment loan is still the better trade.
Key takeaways
- The property qualifies, not you. Rent divided by the full payment (PITIA) produces the ratio. Personal tax returns usually stay out of the file.
- Investment property only. Business-purpose credit sits outside Regulation Z under 12 CFR 1026.3(a). Occupying the home breaks that premise, so no owner-occupied use — ever.
- Terms vary by program, not by rulebook. Fannie Mae and HUD publish their standards publicly. DSCR programs do not. Consequently, you should get the down payment, reserve, and prepayment terms in writing before you write an offer.
- Las Vegas adds two local wrinkles: a rental generally falls under the up-to-8% property-tax cap instead of the 3% owner-occupied cap, and short-term rental rules in Clark County are unsettled while a federal injunction is on appeal.
What are DSCR loans in Las Vegas, and who can use one?
In plain terms, a DSCR loan is investor financing underwritten on the subject property’s cash flow. DSCR stands for debt service coverage ratio, a commercial-lending measure borrowed for residential rentals. In place of paystubs and tax returns, the file carries a lease or a market-rent analysis, the property’s tax and insurance figures, and the proposed loan terms. Then the underwriter asks one question: does the rent cover the payment?
That is the DSCR loan meaning in one line: the debt-service coverage ratio — gross monthly rent divided by the full monthly payment — decides the loan. So when investors ask “what is a DSCR loan in real estate?”, the honest short answer is: a rental-property mortgage where the lease, not your W-2, carries the file.
Because the loan is made for a business purpose, it is not a consumer mortgage. Regulation Z exempts “an extension of credit primarily for a business, commercial or agricultural purpose,” and it separately exempts credit extended to anyone other than a natural person — which is why closing in an LLC is common on these files.
The line you cannot cross
You may not live in a property financed with a DSCR loan. Not for a month, not as a “we’ll move in later” plan, not as a room you keep for yourself. Indeed, this is the single most misunderstood point about the product, and it is not a technicality. In fact, the business-purpose exemption is the whole legal foundation of the loan. Occupy the home and you have misrepresented the purpose of the credit, which puts the loan in default territory and exposes you to real liability.
House hacking, therefore, belongs on the other side of the wall. If you want to live in one unit of a duplex and rent the rest, you want an owner-occupied program — conventional, FHA, or VA — not a DSCR loan. Those programs have their own occupancy rules, and our guide to what underwriters actually verify covers how that gets checked. Owners moving up rather than buying fresh should start with the step before the first rental: keeping the home you already own.
How does the DSCR ratio actually work?
Fortunately, the arithmetic is simple, which is part of the appeal. Divide the property’s gross monthly rent by its full monthly housing payment. Lenders usually call that payment PITIA: principal, interest, taxes, insurance, and association dues. So a result of 1.00 means the rent exactly covers the payment. Above 1.00 means surplus, while below 1.00 means the property needs support from your pocket.
Notice what the formula leaves out. It uses gross rent, so vacancy, management fees, turnover, and repairs are not in the ratio. As a result, a property can clear the lender’s test and still lose money in a bad year. Therefore, underwrite your own deal separately from the way the lender underwrites its loan.
A worked example, one input at a time
A Las Vegas single-family rental. The monthly market rent is $2,400. Assume the loan terms you are offered produce a fully amortizing principal-and-interest payment of $1,780. Property taxes run $158 a month, the landlord insurance policy is $92, and HOA dues are $70.
PITIA: $1,780 + $158 + $92 + $70 = $2,100
DSCR: $2,400 ÷ $2,100 = 1.14
Now change one input. If the same property rents for $1,995 instead, the ratio becomes $1,995 ÷ $2,100 = 0.95, and the rent no longer covers the payment. To reach a 1.20 ratio at that same $2,100 payment, the rent would need to be $2,100 × 1.20 = $2,520. Alternatively, holding rent at $2,400, the payment would need to drop to $2,400 ÷ 1.20 = $2,000 — which in practice means a smaller loan and more money down.
These figures are illustrative and were chosen to show the mechanics. No interest rate is quoted or implied here, and your own numbers will differ. To run these numbers against a property of your own, use our DSCR loan calculator, which shows the ratio and the rent needed to reach 1.00 and 1.25. For a slower walk through how the coverage ratio itself gets computed, our conventional-loan site breaks the same arithmetic into single steps.
What do DSCR loans in Las Vegas usually require?
Here is where honesty matters more than a tidy answer. DSCR programs are not agency programs. In short, no public rulebook governs them the way HUD Handbook 4000.1 governs FHA or the Selling Guide governs Fannie Mae. Instead, each investor behind these loans writes its own terms, and those terms move with the market. Anyone quoting you a universal DSCR requirement is describing one program, not the product.
What to ask for in writing
Still, the shape of the conversation is predictable. Expect to discuss a meaningfully larger down payment than an owner-occupied purchase requires. Similarly, most programs want a reserve requirement measured in months of PITIA. In addition, nearly all of them set a credit-score threshold, a property-condition standard, and a rent analysis ordered with the appraisal. Finally, many business-purpose loans carry a prepayment penalty, which owner-occupied consumer mortgages on primary residences generally do not.
Therefore, treat the term sheet as the deliverable. Before you write an offer, ask for the minimum ratio, the maximum loan-to-value, the reserve months, the credit floor, the prepayment structure and its term, and whether the program allows title in an entity. Get those six answers on paper. Then the deal either works or it does not, and above all you find out before your earnest money is at risk.
What should Las Vegas investors know before they buy?
Two local facts change the math here, and notably neither one shows up in a national DSCR article.
The property-tax cap changes when you rent it out
Generally, Nevada caps how fast a property-tax bill can rise. However, the caps split by use. Under NRS 361.4723, an owner’s primary residence gets a 3% annual cap, and only one property statewide can be claimed that way. Everything else — including a rental you do not occupy — falls under a cap of up to 8%. Some rentals that meet low-income rent limits can qualify for the 3% cap under NRS 361.4724, but that is the exception rather than the norm. Meanwhile, new construction and property with a change of use receive no cap for that fiscal year, then pick up the applicable cap the following year.
Consequently, the tax line inside your PITIA can climb faster on a rental than it would on the home you live in. Build that into the ratio you project for year three, not just year one.
Short-term rentals are in an unsettled legal position
Above all, do not plan a Las Vegas short-term rental around the old advice that the county simply issues permits. In December 2025, a federal judge in the District of Nevada granted a preliminary injunction that blocks Clark County from enforcing key parts of its short-term rental ordinance, including the licensing requirement and the associated fines and liens. Notably, the court found the plaintiffs likely to succeed on a due-process challenge. Clark County commissioners then voted in January 2026 to appeal, and the injunction remains in place while that appeal is pending.
In short, the enforcement picture is paused, not resolved. Therefore, if your acquisition depends on nightly-rental income, confirm the current status with Clark County and your own counsel before you commit — and know that a lender evaluating short-term rental income may treat it more conservatively than a signed twelve-month lease. Our dedicated guide to how DSCR underwriting treats Airbnb and VRBO income in Las Vegas covers the injunction timeline, the seasonality data, and the documentation stack in full.
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Send My ScenarioDSCR vs. conventional investment financing
Conventional investment loans are a real alternative, and for many buyers they are the cheaper one. Ultimately, the difference is what gets measured. Fannie Mae’s standards are published, so the left column below is verifiable today. By contrast, DSCR terms are not published, so the right column says so rather than inventing numbers.
| Factor | Conventional investment loan (Fannie Mae) | DSCR loan |
|---|---|---|
| What qualifies the file | Your personal income, credit, and debt-to-income ratio | The property’s rent measured against its PITIA |
| Max loan-to-value, purchase | 85% on a one-unit; 75% on two-to-four units | Set by the individual program — typically more conservative; confirm in writing |
| Max loan-to-value, cash-out refinance | 75% on a one-unit; 70% on two-to-four units | Set by the individual program; confirm in writing |
| Financed-property limit | Up to 10 financed properties through Desktop Underwriter | Generally no agency-style property count cap |
| Reserves | Extra reserves of 2% of aggregate unpaid principal balance at one to four financed properties, 4% at five to six, 6% at seven to ten | Measured in months of PITIA; varies by program |
| Title in an LLC | Not permitted for the loan | Commonly permitted — ask the specific program |
| Prepayment penalty | No | Common on business-purpose loans; ask for structure and term |
| Occupancy | Investment property; owner-occupied programs exist separately | Investment property only, with no exceptions |
How to read that table
Read the table as a decision tree rather than a scoreboard. If your documented income supports the debt and you are under ten financed properties, conventional financing usually prices better. However, once the personal-income math stops working, or the property count runs out, DSCR becomes the road that stays open. Our guide to how self-employed income gets documented is worth reading first, because plenty of investors qualify conventionally after a proper income review.
Valley West takeWe have watched Las Vegas investors buy through several cycles now, and the pattern repeats. The buyers who do well treat DSCR as a tool for a specific constraint, not as a default. First, they exhaust conventional financing, because it is usually cheaper. Then they reach for DSCR when the constraint is real: too many financed properties, income that will not document cleanly, or a purchase that has to close in an entity. Meanwhile, the buyers who struggle do the opposite. That is, they pick the easy approval, skip the prepayment conversation, and then discover the exit cost eighteen months later when they want to refinance. Ask about the exit before you sign the entry.
Who do DSCR loans in Las Vegas fit, and who should look elsewhere?
It probably fits if
First, you already own several financed properties and the agency count is closing in. Second, your tax returns show strong write-offs that shrink qualifying income. Third, you want the property titled in an LLC. Alternatively, you are self-employed with a complicated but genuinely profitable business. Another common case: you are buying a replacement property on a 1031 clock, where the exchange deadlines decide the financing timeline. Or you simply need to move quickly on a rental where the rent comfortably clears the payment.
Look at another path if
First, you intend to live in the property, in which case this product is off the table entirely. Second, you are buying your first investment property and your W-2 income easily supports the payment, because conventional financing will usually cost less. Third, the rent does not cover the payment and you are hoping appreciation bails you out. Finally, you expect to sell or refinance inside a couple of years and a prepayment penalty would eat the gain. If you are still building the personal side of your file, our explainers on debt-to-income ratios and how preapproval works will help you decide which door to try first.
How do you apply for DSCR loans in Las Vegas?
Step 1 — Confirm the purpose and the ownership. Write down that this is a non-owner-occupied, business-purpose purchase or refinance. Decide whether you are taking title personally or through an entity, and talk to your attorney if the entity is new.
Step 2 — Collect the property’s numbers. Next, you need the market rent or the signed lease, the annual property-tax figure, an insurance quote for a landlord policy, and the HOA dues. Those four inputs build the PITIA.
Step 3 — Run the ratio yourself. Divide rent by PITIA before anyone pulls credit. If the answer is well under 1.00, you now know the deal needs a bigger down payment, a lower price, or a different property.
From term sheet to closing
Step 4 — Get the program terms in writing. Minimum ratio, maximum loan-to-value, reserve months, credit floor, prepayment structure, and entity eligibility. Six answers, on paper, before the offer.
Step 5 — Order the appraisal and rent analysis. Meanwhile, the appraiser values the property and, on rentals, typically supplies a market-rent opinion that the underwriter uses in the ratio.
Step 6 — Clear conditions and close. Finally, entity documents, insurance binder, reserve verification, and title work move together. Then you sign, fund, and take possession as a landlord rather than an occupant.
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What does a DSCR loan application ask for that a regular mortgage application does not?
A DSCR application collects the property’s numbers, not yours. In place of two years of tax returns, W-2s, and pay stubs, the file holds a signed lease or a market-rent analysis, the property’s tax and insurance figures, and — if you are titling the purchase in an entity — the LLC’s formation documents and EIN. This is business-purpose credit under 12 CFR 1026.3(a), never a consumer loan, so the file is never built around an occupancy assumption; the answer to “will you live there” must always be no.
What the file actually contains
- Entity documents, when you are closing in an LLC or corporation — articles of organization, an operating agreement, and an EIN letter, plus whatever the specific program needs to verify signing authority.
- The property’s cash flow, not your paycheck — a lease or market-rent opinion measured against the PITIA (principal, interest, taxes, insurance, association dues) the loan would create.
- Reserves, usually measured in months of PITIA rather than a share of your income, held in your accounts or the entity’s.
- No tax returns, no W-2s. That is the headline difference: a consumer mortgage application is built around your personal income documentation, and a DSCR application does not ask for it at all.
A consumer mortgage application runs the opposite direction — it qualifies you, the borrower, on income, debt-to-income ratio, and credit, and it is written for a home you may occupy. Our walkthrough of the general Las Vegas mortgage application process covers that consumer-side document list start to finish, which is the clearest way to see the contrast if you are deciding which file you are actually building.
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DSCR loans in Las Vegas: FAQ
What is a DSCR loan?
A DSCR loan is business-purpose investment-property financing underwritten on the property’s rental income rather than the borrower’s personal income. The lender divides gross monthly rent by the full monthly payment — principal, interest, taxes, insurance, and HOA dues — and uses that ratio to decide. Personal tax returns usually stay out of the file.
What does DSCR loan stand for?
DSCR stands for debt-service coverage ratio. The loan takes its name from the test the lender runs: gross monthly rent divided by the full monthly payment (principal, interest, taxes, insurance, and HOA dues). A ratio of 1.00 means the rent exactly covers the payment; most programs want to see the ratio at or near that line.
What is a DSCR loan in real estate?
In real estate, a DSCR loan is business-purpose financing for a rental property that qualifies on the property’s own cash flow. Investors use it when tax-return income doesn’t tell the real story — self-employed buyers, LLC purchases, and portfolios past the conventional ten-property cap. It is never a loan for a home you plan to live in.
Can I live in a property bought with a DSCR loan?
No. A DSCR loan is business-purpose credit, and that classification is what places it outside Regulation Z under 12 CFR 1026.3(a). Occupying the property contradicts the stated purpose of the loan. If you plan to live in the home, including in one unit of a small multifamily property, you need an owner-occupied consumer mortgage instead.
How is DSCR calculated?
Gross monthly rent divided by monthly PITIA. For example, $2,400 of rent against a $2,100 payment produces a ratio of 1.14. A result of 1.00 means the rent exactly covers the payment. Because the formula uses gross rent, it excludes vacancy, management, and maintenance — so run your own operating numbers separately.
What DSCR ratio do lenders want in Las Vegas?
There is no single answer, because DSCR programs are not agency programs and each one sets its own floor. Some will consider ratios at or below 1.00 with compensating strengths, while others want a cushion above it. Ask the specific program for its minimum ratio in writing before you write an offer.
More DSCR questions
Can I close a DSCR loan in an LLC?
Often, yes. Regulation Z separately exempts credit extended to other than a natural person, and many DSCR programs are built to close in an entity. Conventional Fannie Mae financing does not allow it. Confirm entity eligibility, the documents required, and any personal guaranty with the specific program.
Do short-term rentals in Las Vegas qualify for DSCR financing?
Some programs consider nightly-rental income, though they often treat it more conservatively than a signed twelve-month lease. Separately, the local rules are unsettled: a December 2025 federal injunction blocks Clark County from enforcing key parts of its short-term rental ordinance, and the county’s appeal is pending. Verify the current status with the county before you rely on that income.
Is a DSCR loan better than a conventional investment loan?
Not automatically. Conventional investment financing usually prices better when your documented income supports the debt and you are under the ten-financed-property limit. DSCR earns its keep when a real constraint blocks that path — property count, income documentation, or the need to hold title in an entity. Compare both before deciding.
How does a DSCR loan work, start to finish?
The property qualifies itself. An appraiser establishes market rent, the lender builds the full monthly housing cost — principal, interest, taxes, insurance and association dues — and divides the rent by that figure to get the ratio. If the ratio clears the program's threshold, the file moves on credit, reserves and the property itself rather than on your tax returns. There is no debt-to-income calculation on a genuine business-purpose investment loan, which is the whole reason investors use the product.
What are the pros and cons of a DSCR loan?
The advantages are real: no personal income documentation, no debt-to-income ceiling, entity vesting is normal, and the number of properties you already own is far less limiting than it is on agency financing. The trade-offs are equally real: more money down than an owner-occupied loan, reserve requirements on top of that, a prepayment penalty on many programs, and no option to live in the property. It is a strong product for an investor and the wrong product for anyone who wants a home.
DSCR loans: the honest pros and cons
The short version is below; the full working ledger — every advantage and every trade-off with the mechanism behind it — lives in our dedicated guide to DSCR loan pros and cons.
Every product has a shape, and pretending otherwise wastes your time. Here is the trade as it actually is.
| What works in your favour | What it costs you |
|---|---|
| No personal income documentation and no debt-to-income ceiling | More money down than an owner-occupied loan — see the down payment page |
| The number of properties you already own is far less limiting than on agency loans | Reserves required on top of the down payment, measured in months of PITIA |
| Entity vesting is normal, not an exception — see closing in an LLC | Many programs carry a prepayment penalty, which is a real cost on an early exit |
| Closing timelines are often shorter, because there is no personal income file to unpick | You cannot live in the property. Not for a month, not at all |
| The property’s performance is the argument, so a strong rental carries a complicated borrower | A weak rental cannot be rescued by a strong borrower — the ratio is the ratio |
Read that table honestly against your own plan. If you want to hold a rental long term and your tax returns understate what you earn, the left column is worth the right column. If there is any chance you want to live in the property, or you expect to sell inside a year or two, the right column is where you will actually live.
Already own the rental? Borrowing against it
Investors who already hold a Las Vegas rental often want the equity rather than another purchase. That is a second-lien conversation, and it carries a consequence specific to this product: a new payment joins the property’s monthly housing cost, which is the denominator of the ratio above — so borrowing against a rental lowers its DSCR, and a later first-lien refinance is measured on the reduced number. We set out the leverage caps, the reserve expectations and the arithmetic on home equity loans on an investment property.
Can you get a DSCR loan anywhere in Nevada?
Yes. Mortgage licensing in Nevada is statewide, not city by city. Valley West Mortgage (NMLS #65506) is licensed for the whole state, so we arrange DSCR loans anywhere in Nevada. That means a Reno rental property, a Henderson investment property, a duplex in Sparks, a rental in Carson City. The loan follows the property, not the city limits.
What stays the same is the file itself. The DSCR loan Nevada investors close up north is underwritten exactly like one in Clark County. The measure is still gross monthly rent against the full monthly payment. A lease or market-rent analysis does the talking. It also stays business-purpose, investment-only financing at every address. You cannot live in the property in Reno any more than you can in Las Vegas. Program shelves do vary, of course. Some lenders price ratio tiers differently, and some offer a no-ratio DSCR option. That variation runs lender by lender, though, never city by city.
What changes is every input. Statewide DSCR lending is the same product wearing different rents, taxes and insurance quotes. Those numbers are the whole argument on this kind of file. The tax-cap and short-term-rental notes above are Las Vegas-specific. For a northern Nevada address, run fresh figures rather than borrowing them from a Strip-adjacent example. Habits travel better than numbers here. Closing in an entity works statewide. The same entity vesting LLC buyers rely on in Las Vegas works in Washoe County too. Meanwhile, agency-style reserves by property count only matter on the conventional route in the comparison table above.
Using equity you already hold in Nevada
Statewide reach also matters on the way back out. Already own a rental anywhere in the state and want to pull capital toward the next purchase? See cash-out refinancing across Nevada. It covers how lenders treat investment-property equity from one end of the state to the other.
Buying outside Nevada, and choosing who to work with
The DSCR rulebook is national; the numbers that decide a deal are local, and they fail differently in every state. We keep a page per state for the ones investors ask about most, because the mechanism that catches you is never the same twice:
| State | What actually decides the deal there |
|---|---|
| Florida | Windstorm insurance loading PITIA, plus the 2026 condo structural-reserve regime deciding whether a building is financeable at all |
| Texas | The property tax line — and a seller’s homestead cap that does not transfer to an investor |
| California | Prop 13 reassessing to your purchase price, and an AB 1482 exemption that an LLC with a corporate member loses |
| Georgia | Intangible recording tax charged on the note, with a short-term exemption now running to 62 months |
| Michigan | A double reset: taxable value uncaps on transfer and the 18-mill residence exemption disappears |
| North Carolina | County revaluation cycles, so the tax line moves in one step rather than gradually |
| Maryland | A pre-1978 rental registration duty that starts 30 days after you acquire the property |
| Alabama | The assessment ratio doubles — 10% owner-occupied to 20% as a rental |
| South Carolina | Three changes at once: 4%→6% ratio, school-tax exemption lost, 15% value cap removed |
| Virginia | Recordation tax on your deed of trust, plus a Northern Virginia surcharge |
| Arizona | Out-of-state owners must name an Arizona statutory agent, and register the rental |
| Pennsylvania | Irregular base-year assessments reconciled by an annual Common Level Ratio |
| Colorado | No transfer tax at all — and a documentary fee that feeds the assessor your price |
Valley West Mortgage is licensed in 32 states and the District of Columbia, so cross-state investor files are routine rather than unusual.
Whoever you end up working with, there are six questions worth asking in writing before you apply — which rent figure qualifies the loan, the minimum ratio, the prepayment-penalty structure, entity vesting, reserves after closing, and licensure in the property’s state. They are laid out on how to choose a DSCR lender.
The bottom line
DSCR loans in Las Vegas trade one qualification test for another. Instead of proving that you can carry the payment, you prove that the property can. In other words, the trade opens doors for investors whose tax returns or property counts have closed the conventional route. Meanwhile, it closes one door permanently: you cannot live there. Beyond that, the work is unglamorous and entirely doable. So gather four numbers, run the ratio, get the program terms in writing, and check the local wrinkles — the tax cap on the rental side, and the unsettled short-term rental picture. Then decide with your eyes open. That is the whole job.
Sources
- eCFR — 12 CFR 1026.3(a), Regulation Z exempt transactions (“An extension of credit primarily for a business, commercial or agricultural purpose”; “An extension of credit to other than a natural person”): ecfr.gov
- Clark County, Nevada — Tax abatement / tax cap (3% cap on an owner’s primary residence per NRS 361.4723; up to 8% on all other property; low-rent rentals may qualify for 3%; no cap in the year of new construction or change of use): clarkcountynv.gov
- IRS — About Schedule E (Form 1040), Supplemental Income and Loss, used to report rental real-estate income and expenses: irs.gov
- CFPB — What is a debt-to-income ratio (the personal-income test DSCR underwriting replaces): consumerfinance.gov
- Fannie Mae — Eligibility Matrix, April 1, 2026 (investment property purchase: one unit 85% max LTV, two-to-four units 75%; cash-out refinance: one unit 75%, two-to-four units 70%): singlefamily.fanniemae.com
- Fannie Mae Selling Guide B2-2-03 — Multiple financed properties for the same borrower (maximum of 10 financed properties through Desktop Underwriter): selling-guide.fanniemae.com
- Fannie Mae Selling Guide B3-4.1-01 — Minimum reserve requirements (additional reserves of 2% of aggregate UPB at one to four financed properties, 4% at five to six, 6% at seven to ten): selling-guide.fanniemae.com
Across Valley West: Want to run a ratio against your own property? Our DSCR loan calculator does the arithmetic both ways. For everything past this page — requirements, entity questions, refinance angles — the conventional site’s full DSCR library goes deeper. Buying a primary home instead? Veterans can start with our Nevada VA loan guide, first time buyers can read the Las Vegas FHA guide, and every investor property we finance needs coverage our insurance agency writes across Nevada.
Keep reading
Last updated: August 6, 2026 — statewide Nevada coverage added (state-level licensing, Reno and Henderson underwriting parity, the cash-out path for equity held anywhere in the state), the conventional-site deep links repointed to the conv DSCR hub and its coverage-ratio walkthrough, and the lead popup moved to the hard-4-second fallback build. Original July 20, 2026 build: business-purpose/non-owner-occupied rule sourced to 12 CFR 1026.3(a), rent-to-PITIA ratio mechanics with a hand-checked illustrative example ($2,400 ÷ $2,100 = 1.14), Fannie Mae comparison figures from the April 1, 2026 Eligibility Matrix plus B2-2-03 and B3-4.1-01, and the Clark County 3%/up-to-8% property-tax cap split.
