Neither is a right or wrong strategy but you need to weigh out how each strategy fits your lifestyle and goals.An Airbnb may stretch your profits but comes with higher vacancy risks, higher overhead/operational costs, but most importantly will likely take more of your time.A traditional rental may yield a slightly lower return when comparing one property vs one property, but also may be less time intensive and may scale better (particularly if you outsource the property management).

Interest rate in traditional mortgage may however be lower than interest on HELOC but you write off the interest paid as an expense.

Those of us in the housing industry are concerned about the rise of the Ibuyer - companies that buy your house so that you can buy another one without waiting for a traditional buyer and the months it takes to find them and for them to close.

Traditionally, you can't get a mortgage on a mobile home because you could just take it away and the back would have to go looking for it, unlike a house that usually stays put.

It’s not a traditional way of buying an investment property which means fewer people to compete with for the deal.2.

Is it customary to negotiate on these items as I would with a traditional seller?

You will get more income than the traditional type of LTR, if it's well run and you are in an area that warrants.

There are a ton of loop holes that many traditional lenders do not know.

I don't have much capital at this point or at least not enough to where I'm willing to part with most if not all of it for a down payment using a traditional loan. 

How easy is it to refi with a traditional bank?