As the great philosopher once said, "mo' money, mo' problems".I think the reduced leverage plan is a good choice to free up some DTI but obviously the extra fees on DSCR could start to add up a little.

This is the primary reason I prefer VRBO over Airbnb.

Ever wondered if single-family or multifamily is the smarter choice for building your rental portfolio?

was it poor choice of notes.. or do you think it was straight up stealing money from their investors ?  

I think you'd be making a great choice if you decide to move here. 

The wife and kids would prefer to stay. :)   I'll likely do the HELOC and not worry about the extra taxes on gains over $500k when I finally do sell someday. 

I would say these are not deals for a retail investor.Regarding investing in syndications, its really a personal choice of being passive and trusting people when real estate is not your specialty - similar to stocks - I do not manage my stock portfolio because I am clueless on it and my wife is 1000x smarter than I am and manages it.

I have dozens of clients doing this in New Jersey most of which come from no construction background, they simply use preferred vendors we have in place (not GC's) which lowers renovations cost because there is no middle man. 

Society likes to gaslight when that happens, I prefer to fight such fire with fire and in occasion wind.

A 14-50r plug was always the preferred method, especially before the world woke  up and switched to the Tesla charging standard.