Bridge loans can be extremely useful for situations where you may be purchasing a property that has tenants already in the property who are well under market rents to the point where a DSCR loan wouldn't cash flow.

So it did occur to me that she could be extremely desperate to find him somewhere to live and be ready to lie.

@Matt Owens - I've used the HELOC route to expand my portfolio and it has been extremely effective.

There are no monthly charges for well and septic, other than minimal electrical usage.

But I went downtown and had an extremely difficult time reconciling what I was experiencing with my pre-conceived views.

It would be an extreme high/low strategy.

I have been extremely satisfied with the way all the deals have progressed so far.  

and the reason I say CA is that ( and I think we had this discussion on another thread) is that when I was re upping my CA BRE license there was a pop up that said if us agents suspect anyone of selling RE without a license to file complaints and their was a link..

The number of subto deals is extremely low (far less than 1%). 

So it's just extremely unlikely that you'll be able to generate a return that would justify paying the taxes in 1 or offsetting the interest you'd pay in 3.If you save up and buy a traditional LTR at or above the median price, you'll likely be break even or negative.