Either way, this product seems to work for my purposes, and I could not do anything with my home equity right now and just talk big and brag about it, or I can put this money to work for myself and invest it in a performing asset some 3 properties in the Midwest, and have them paid off with this loan in 10 years by the tenant and then own 3 properties free and clear. 3 x $420 Net Income = $1260, which is a wash towards the Equity loan. 

The main purpose is for asset protection.

Kind of hard learning things in a area where no one teaches, genuinely helps or let along want to give advice on financial freedom so i thank BIGGERPOCKETS for being my second home and this is my biggerpockets family.

And also offered was the opportunity to meet his established network to further my understanding and to accelerate the investment property buying process.It is one small step in the journey towards achieving goals and financial freedom and it is one that I highly recommend to other newbies.

Part of me is weighing whether or not I should just pass on this deal and just purchase 5 or 6 nice turnkey properties (sorry, I know that's a very newbie-ish comment to make.. and a total disregard for proper asset allocation).

That said, most folks here will hold their properties in LLCs for the asset protection benefits that the structure provides.Here is an article that explains the benefits of the LLC structure - https://www.landlordology.com/landlord-rental-llc-... and another https://www.legalzoom.com/articles/forming-an-llc-...As for the house hacking you are considering, if you go with an FHA style loan you'lll have to live in the property for a while.

Make your plan, map it out, understand the financial impact that some vacancy, turnover and unit refurb costs will have on your cashflow and decide the pace that's right for you.With a staged plan to raise rents slowly or force some turnover by not renewing existing leases, I'm sure you can get the rents up to market within six months to a year.Good luck!

One asset becomes a complete loss on vacancy and the other simply lessens cash flow.As for the rug rats, I wouldn’t know.

The banker I have worked with has required me to provide a personal financial statement, copies of past US tax returns, work contract showing my present income and other documentation (foreign mortgage) to show my monthly cashflow.Hope this helps.

I can't qualify for conventional financing so looking at asset based lenders or other alternatives.Thanks!