Since it is a competitive market you may have to take less of a return than savvy investors but, you will still be earning a return and you will have mitigated your risk.  

Due to being a non-recourse loan (no personal guarantee) the loan-to-value is lower and rate is higher for banks to mitigate their riskSend me a private message and we can go over different loan programs more in details to purchase real estate within self-directed Solo 401K and IRA.Looking forward to hearing from you!

Personal choice......allowing them can make you $$....but like everything else, it comes with some risk....and like other aspects of being a landlord, you can do things to mitigate risk up to a point but there are no guarantees.Market can play a big role..... if its a hot market and you can rent it easily without tapping the "pet" community......

I think our policy is consistent with legal requirements that you can only collect your actual damages and that you must mitigate / minimize those damages.

Did your manager bring up any of these risks or suggestions to mitigate them? 

My goal is to simply mitigate my living expenses, not looking to cash flow right now.

The models did not anticipate a significant increase of 5% or more in interest rates but rather projected a range of 1% to 2%.To mitigate the risk associated with rising interest rates, rate caps were employed.

This leads to the more important aspect of running the business, which is risk mitigation.

I think it is worth the asking price but my main source of fear, which I intend to mitigate by going back with my contractor, is condition of the trusses.

You can mitigate any risk and houses aren't that complicated, I've bought some real dumps and fixing them is pretty simple with the right help.