On the other hand, 4% is relatively cheap debt.

I know a small handful of lenders who specialize in these because they have the experienceand wherewithal to withstand getting wiped out on occasion.

Holding rentals longer gives you depreciation and expense deductions that reduce your taxable income and create long-term cash flow.With your construction and project management experience, flips could play to your strengths, while multi-family or rentals near the Army base could generate steady cash flow and tax benefits.

That number changed everything.They were able to refinance at 70% loan-to-value, pay off their original loan, and even recoup every dollar they had pulled from their HELOC.Now, instead of a nightmare project, they have a cash-flowing rental with strong equity, no stress, and a proven contractor team they can actually trust.Here’s what I tell every investor after seeing this first-hand:1.

It will dictate what type of legal action the buyer can and can't take (for realtors, it's often limited to mediation and/or arbitration), what the buyer agreed to waive or hold harmless, and who pays the legal fees in a dispute. 

The key is that while mobile homes tend to depreciate like vehicles, the land itself usually appreciates or at least holds value.

In many cases, pairing your property LLCs with a holding company in a state like WY, DE, or NV can give you an additional layer of protection.In my experience, the cleanest structure is having each property in its own LLC—at minimum, one LLC per state where you hold rentals.

What you're probably experiencing first-hand is how low-rent rentals rarely provide positive cashflow in reality (even if they do in a spreadsheet) because they turn over more often and because the rent typically isn't high enough to cover the true cost of ownership (especially if you're not hands-on with the property, self managing and doing your own turnovers etc.).

Hindsight is great, but until the deposit is in hand, the lease isn't valid. 

What’s holding you back from trying a ground-up new construction project?