Our lawyer wrote up the loan doc, they borrowed $60,000 to renovate 123 main st, I got first position lien on 123 main st, they paid $500/month interest and the $60,000 lump sum back after 12 months.

So I'll keep my current plan of photos and video as the  main source for "showings".  

When you sell, you will likely get appreciation - but that is not the main purpose of your investment.Direct SF ownership might be safer - also, it might not be safer.   

I went to the ATM to today to see if I could just start withdrawing my funds from the account that way but since I have several virtual accounts with funds in each one and baselane only issued one debit card for the "main" account, it won't let me pull the funds from the additional accounts.

We're currently looking for ways to streamline supplies for cleaners (toiletries, towels, item replacements) and handle small handyman issues.

There are a bunch of good choices IMHO.We don't have leather but all our surfaces are super durable because they are higher end sofas and chairs.The 3 main couches are a pair of Basset and a La-Z-Boy.

Ideally, I would love to buy a multi-family property and rent it out, I would consider house hacking but I mainly want to my first property to be one that I can improve on and have it generate income for me.

The main way to reduce your DTI from RE is using a DSCR loan, however using an LLC is recommended to do so more effectively.

In those two specific states there is just a ton of build-able lots especially SWF so you dont have a supply issue like other areas of the country that are supply constrained and therefore prices are holding or even rising a tad.

Know the demand and supply in the area.