Two things are certain, 1) taxes are lower today than they've ever been in the past 80 years. 2) they are certain to be higher in the future.We should all be focused on paying the lowest “lifetime tax bill” not the “lowest tax bill this year”.By paying 20% and settling up my long-term capital gains is not a bad deal.

They're paying for results.  

I assume the lender pays for it, correct?

But keep in mind all these options still require logging your driving trips, and having a home office if you're claiming trips from home to the rentals.

You would need to let them know you are 2nd lender and want to pay the loan off.

@Kayla M. sadly as other have said, often out of state investors are paying more than is worth, and it can be tough to get back out of a deal.

I would highly encourage paying a GC to walk deals out the gate, have them give a scope of work so you can see what items costs.

To be fair, I've encountered situations where the Section 8 rent received was higher than what cash paying tenants were paying.

I am about to pay the land cash 500K, then build 10 apartments for roughly 1.5M.

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