Purchase price: $172,000 Cash invested: $43,000 We purchased this rehabbed home and added a privacy fence, removed overhanging trees, finished the countertops, built a firepit, security system, camera's, fixed the sidewalk and turned it into an airbnb.

Would you rather her destroy your property, your insurance deny the claim and you're out all that money you just put into the rehab?

@Allen Zhu if you are refinancing out of a DSCR loan, you don't typically refinance into short-term hard money loans.

As explained in this article, seller financing works best if you understand the needs of the seller.https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/seller-financingReally dig into this topic and ensure you understand it and are prepared to use it.

If it is big enough that they could all fit in one side, then maybe she could still only charge her father-in-law $150/month and maybe rent out the other side to someone else.Her current house actually has a basement that could be finished into an apartment.

I'm new to the real estate investment game and I'm a bit nervous about dipping my toes into unknown waters. 

If you divide that amount into the capital gains tax savings, you'll get a number of months you'll have to own your current home to make the interest savings exceed the capital gains savings.

Are you looking to invest into a passive vehicle or are you able to utilize the funds in more of an active capacity?

Does it cover just marketing and admin, or do you bundle it into property management fees?

I've actually started looking into that today, thank you.