You can close and hold title in an LLC. 5-8 unit and other unusual property types are acceptable.Cons – higher rates, many DSCR loans have Pre payment penaltiesEvery buyer has a different looking profile, so one glove does not fit all.

Where we live it is not unusual to make 40% cash on cash from a flip as it is under most definitions a luxury market in which we operate. 

That's unusual and it would be very difficult to find a passive investment like that.Also direct control means you know exactly what's going on.

A triplex would be unusual to be completely individually metered for all utilities.

unusual to find a town house at that low of a price in the area that we wanted to have an investment property.

However, new construction may be cheaper and easier.4) Find an architect that is experienced with unusual situations.5) If you need variances, find "the guy" -- aka, the lawyer that is basically at every single zoning meeting and knows ever member of the board.

I would only ask an attorney to draft an addendum if I thought it was an unusually complicated issue, or if I had reason to suspect the tenant would challenge it.

A 450% would be unusual but I assume there is an answer in the details as not all counties reassess yearly. 

You are buying down your APR, which is not unusual.

Place them in four different locations, wait 30 minutes, and read the room.It's not unusual for tenants to complain about a rental being cold, but they'll refuse to put on a sweater.