[header] How to get an investor mortgage [title] Demonstrate good credit. [step] Lenders will examine your credit score and verify your income before offering you an investor mortgage. [substeps] Expect to be held to higher standards than if you were applying for a non-investor residential mortgage. 
Lenders will want to make sure your income and assets will cover your own mortgage payment and debt obligations, as well as the new payments you will need to make on the investment property. Maintain a credit score of at least 740.