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Your rate didn’t change, but your payment did. Here’s how Florida’s property tax reset and insurance renewals create escrow shortages, what the servicer’s letter actually means, and seven things that can bring the payment back down — most of them free.
The 2026 DSCR requirements every lender lists — and the thing none of them tell you: at today’s rates, a Brevard single-family rental usually needs 30–40% down to hit a 1.0 ratio, while a duplex gets there at 25%. Three worked examples with real local rents.
Nine ways a Brevard buyer can cover the down payment in 2026 — from the county’s $75,000 SHIP program to Hometown Heroes — what each really gives you, who qualifies, and the catches nobody puts on the flyer.
What the funding fee costs once you finance it over 30 years, who pays nothing, how to claim a refund you may be owed — and the down-payment math most veterans never run.
The 2026 fund is running low. Who qualifies, how the $10K–$35K deferred second mortgage really works, the military exemptions — and the honest comparison of when a shopped loan beats it.
The per-guest fees, occupancy caps, and seven-night minimums that aren’t in the Airbnb listing — and exactly how each one changes whether a DSCR lender will finance your Space Coast rental. With a worked example.