Who cares about lifetime interest costs, except to the extent you can easily lower them (refinance to a lower interest rate) to increase your cashflow.

Id go right into looking at local credit unions and small community banks for HELOCs (lines of credit) so you can have a lower blended rate and draw/payback as you please.For the 3F - Since this is free and clear, you would only be looking at 1st position options here in the world of financing.

If you’re looking for short-term cash flow, you might need to explore nearby markets with lower entry costs and higher cash-on-cash returns, even if they aren’t as familiar to you.

Government actions are THE cause of the dysfunction in the real estate market and why so few investors and homeowners are transacting.

From what I've read so far on these forums, don't start out investing in C- or lower blocks. 

Hi Randee: Due diligence is important at every stage of the transaction.

Maybe if you are doing several transactions a month they would look at it.

What type of transaction fees should I be looking to pay and is there a down payment required?

I'm confused at to why some folks on here are saying that adding an ADU will lower my property value.

It's an awesome way to jump into RE yes its scary at first but as long as you have a criteria going in it eases some of the emotions during the process my biggest thing was lower my cost or keeping it the same.