Multifamily and with strong retail tenants as a bonus. 

A lease-option agreement can postpone the sale, allowing the seller to receive rental income initially.

It could be a good option if the investor strongly desires ease and passive style.

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?

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.

Start small, build a strong network, and conduct thorough market research to align with your investment strategy.

I started talking to him about the minimum amount to invest, since I didn't know him or his company and he initially asked for $2,000 usd.

Initially, I was cash flowing, but 2023 and 2024, I have been negative cash flowing.

Also you mention he has an awful reputation yet you acknowledged in your initial post you repeatedly buy properties his brokerage represents...not quite adding up.

In return he will place the down payment, closing costs and IO payments during the HML.If the property is initially purchased by one LLC (Ours) and there is an active loan on the property, is it possible to register half of the property under the name of the investor's LLC as part of our model?