Rent out a unit and live for the remaining year, likely paying oop for a portion of debt service or operating expenses• Holding costs have been recouped, then save remaining funds, after my oop costs, for remainder of the year or until desired saving fund reached7.

They operate under multiple names - Summit Capital, Bayview Build, Off-Market Properties, and many others. 

Whatever you do, if you do partner, get a solid operating agreement signed that lays everything out. 

Always interested in something that can improve operations.

Then - once you're stabilized around 90% occupancy - re enter the markets to secure quotes from Freddie / Fannie / HUD / life companies / banks / credit unions.If it's an acquisition perhaps you put short term debt on the property, re-position the asset, then refinance after you're turned the operation around.

An attorney can create an operating agreement for you and give you ideas on what to include in your operating agreement.Loans will probably be personally guaranteed, so it doesn't matter if it's in an LLC.

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Several reasons: market rates, cost of operations, risks of the tenant in particular, rental history, turnover potential, loss of rent during turnover period, "hot" or "cold" market, etc.

@Sean Conroy, this really depends on two things: first, the land zoned in a way that you can subdivide and build more units (question for building/zoning department) and second, financial returns on doing this versus using the capital to buy.New construction certainly has its advantages on the operating side, and can often get a premium to remodeled, older units.  

@Rick Albert assuming that in your situation you and your investor are owning/managing these as purely investments and thus holding everything via a partnership operating agreement?