> In early 2016 I purchased commercial real estate, got a 25 year fixed rate mortgage, and leased it. What was your downpayment? Asking because I tried to do t

> In early 2016 I purchased commercial real estate, got a 25 year fixed rate mortgage, and leased it. What was your downpayment? Asking because I tried to do the same thing earlier this year. Thought I was clever, did the math on how much I can rent out an apt on AirBnB, and what the mortgage would be on 30 year fixed, and my calcs said I need to put only 5% down to break-even. Then I contact lender and turns out, for Investment properties, they require minimum of 25% to 35% cash as downpayment. They said this was to hedge their risks against a borrower who would bail easily if an investment property goes south. Any way around this? i.e. around not having to put 25% down on investment RE?