These tend to have less management headache but still have strong returns and tax benefits. 

Great area with strong rent demand How did you find this deal and how did you negotiate it?

Strong jobs reports had a larger effect on the 10 year treasury, followed by strong retail sales numbers, followed by EU inflation numbers, then followed by election results but honestly election results only affected rates for a couple of days.Lots of pressure on treasuries from the level of debt the US is carrying, but remember the Fed is also still doing quantitative tightening (while cutting rates) which is additional upward pressure on rates.

You'll likely find it easy to find people who will tell you what you want to hear, but you really need hard facts not speculation.But for some speculation, if you're talking about the Nantahala River or Little Tennessee, sure I think you might be able to do $22K/yr, but not much more, unless perhaps the places are uniquely styled. 

I am in discussions to seller finance a townhome-style quadplex.

The goal of the first 3 deals will be to target 1-4unit styled homes, requiring minor-rehab.

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So I'm strongly considering adding a handful of these to my buy & hold portfolio.I understand that there's no "risk-free" method to acquiring these properties subto, but have any of you had success over the long-term acquiring properties with VA loans attached?