Having been in many aspects of real estate throughout my career my favorites are ground up construction and note investing. right now note investing takes the cake as it can be done in any environment whereas ground up right now is very challenging. 

You can earn honorable discounts and fees overtime by establishing mutually beneficial partnerships with one lender or broker but squeezing them dry for a lot of hard work and not equal pay isn't something I recommend making a strategy

You'll be better served by just setting cash aside earning 5% and looking to refinance later on.

Many investors use a general rule of thumb for midterm rentals that they should earn about 50% more in rents than an equivalent long-term rental (whereas short-term rentals should earn double or 100% more than if the property was utilized as a long-term rental).However, for DSCR lenders, change can be slow and challenging, and many lenders prefer and require more precise qualification measures than rules of thumb.

And what do they actually do to earn that stake?

I’ll bear the frustration for the former, knowing it is venting/frustration earned from years past, and I’ll consider feedback on the latter as actionable to inform present-day decision-making.

Investors want you to earn an income if you are the GC as long as it’s market rates.One structure for land purchase the investors put up all the money for land and house, you do all the work including management and you split all the profits from monthly cashflow 50/50.

.#8 Pocono Farms - TobyhannaPocono Farms earns the number 8 ranking position due to the quality and feel of the HOA and community amenities.

It’s pretty hard to earn a guaranteed 8-9% return. 

Many will be well educated on their housing options guided by their brands, teams and universities, and are well capitalized and qualified on a short term 3-6-12 month basis, and I actually had a client purchase a newer townhome in Tallahassee for lease to a football player at FSU..Keep in mind the top earning NIL athletes stretch across multiple men's and woman's sports.