But, if I would have done a cost seg back in 2015, 2016 - I could have bought a bunch of properties with the tax savings.

It depends on what the terms of your mortgage are.Pros-with no mortgage, you have higher cash flow.Cons-if you plan on buying more properties, you are better off saving the money for a down payment for your next place.The big questions are: can you get higher than 7% return if you invest that money elsewhere? 

Since they keep the loans in-house instead of selling them on the secondary market, they can tailor loan terms to meet your unique circumstances as an overseas borrower.If you have strong assets or savings, consider looking into asset-based loans or no-doc loans.

Guess my thinking was if they can help me save on the funding part and locking in my first deal , it would pay for itself.  

In 2021 we bought the building for $1.5M using private lenders, pushed the occupancy from 50% to 80% occupancy and it appraised for $3.125M, allowing us to pay back the private mortgage.Right now, we are in the predevelopment process of design and piecing together the capital stack for the redevelopment deal, which will be made up of historic tax credit equity, RestoreNY Grant, DRI Grant, etc.

Intent is to get the foundation blessed off by a Civil Engineer and save about $15K in foundation costs as the original design was for a 3400 sf house.

I have a hard time visualizing things myself so using Alex has been a god send, here's her website https://www.cheatsheetdesign.com/ It's around $400 for her help and personally is worth it to me just to save my time!

. #2 many private/hard money lenders will consider furnishings if the deal, including the furnishings, falls into their deal box.Believe it or not, it might be easier to include the furnishings in the deal with a significantly lower down payment if there is other rehab work to be done.

This means your tenants' private-sector jobs will eventually end.

I see some conservative areas here who would traditionally support private property rights coming down heavy against STRs.