The least risk would be to use the extra 100k a year to buy bonds and then sell the bonds to pay the mortgage each month.

The only reason I buy them is because I think that if I get one extra detail that was missed in another, it is worth the course price.The land riches blueprint covers building up capital, passive income, subdividing, entitlement & more which is why I value it more than others. 

@Marie CopulHunker down and pare down your lifestyle expenses as much as possible so you can replace what you need as quickly as possible.I did have a client take down a 57 unit mixed use apartment deal that added $1.1M to his net worth and $180k a year in cash flow in 12 months but those types of results are not typical.However, some type of commercial real estate would be my suggestion and one where you are driving the ship so you keep most if not all the equity.I have some ideas for you and would be happy to talk you through them.

Earning an extra 3% on $2k that you’re likely holding for less than a year.

All they are doing is adding additional costs and getting zero protection.

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For my short term rentals I am really going to focus on adding improvements that will increase my daily rate and guest experience.

In practice, this could mean 5 extra days that no rent is collected.  

So I'm strongly considering adding a handful of these to my buy & hold portfolio.I understand that there's no "risk-free" method to acquiring these properties subto, but have any of you had success over the long-term acquiring properties with VA loans attached?

I've allowed pets in my STR for five years and haven't had any problems except some extra cleaning a couple times, which was paid for by the guest.