Those loans are great loans with potentially low down payments.

You can use a low down payment to get into a house and have renters help with your mortgage.

Prices are through the roof in this current market with low inventory and single and multi family properties just don't pencil out.

Having trouble getting any quotes for a low value SFR (<100k), any leads appreciated

Even if you had to exceed that, as single you could convert an additional $485,050 above the $63,350 (or $503,350 if married) and you’d only be taxed at the 15% LTCG tax rate (not counting any state if applicable).Each year I’d get my taxable income as low as possible to give myself as much ‘room’ as possible in the 0% tax bracket and convert the max amount possible.

Plus funding is readily available and deals need to mature a few years before profits emerge, so why would a turn key provider not just keep a good rental property.Our inventory is so low in Milwaukee, that sellers don't have a reason to give a discount. 

. - Low-income areas = High cash flow, low equity growth - High-income areas = Low cash flow, high equity growth - Median-income areas = Average cash flow, average equity growthFor me, median to high-income areas are where I like to focus.

This could improve your margins.Occupancy Rate: A 60% occupancy rate seems low for Jax Beach, but that is a reasonable conservative baseline. 

Sure you could do a money market or put it in an ETF or something, but this is one of the options where the balance "can't" go down or is extremely low risk while making a decent yield.

Trump got significant tax reductions in his first term when essentially all demorats proposed tax increases.Of course, we don't want guess work, but we also don't want to ignore the direction that the tax policy will be headed.