Again, the BiggerPockets store has some books on this topic, or you can learn about it by watching podcasts, reading blogs, and interacting on the forum.

@Elliot B.This will be my last post on this topic/subject. 

Interest rates and points are not the only criteria upon which to base a decision; length of loan, amortization and if you can get it “loan assumability” especially with no qualifying and no rate escalation could e much more important. 

Lots of smart people in here talking about almost any topic you can think of.

@Juan Carlos Gastelum As the world's greatest investors have taught us, making long-term investment decisions only based on tax policies isn't a good idea but it sounds like that's not you're only reason for investing in the US. 

Welcome to BP.One of the things to consider is we have 3 different states in the area with wildly different laws on this topic.

I’ve faced this dilemma on nearly every deal, and after completing 30+ BRRRRs and 75+ flips, here’s how I now approach the decision:1.My preference is to ALWAYS BRRRR, if the numbers work.

It's not the reality for most and if more beginner investors had the correct mindset they would make better and more informed investment decisions.

Many of our clients have done this and secured much better terms....EricThis spreadsheet decision is based on what you can afford and when you expect interest rates to fall.

One of the project neighbors slowed the project by 6 months by appealing the staff decision through design review, planning and zoning and city council.