On estimates don't worry about updates like floor paint job new cabinet so on Look for heating system electrical, plumbing, the restructuring of the building Up dates is usual 10k per unit like a paint job floor and some others updates I buy cabinet on this site it's like 2k for a nice set!

My husband and I are currently working on a flip, but are going to be restructuring our plan moving forward to focus on small multifamily buy-and-hold properties.

See if there is a way to restructure that debit with different financial tool. 

As I was doing that the county restructured and property taxes went way up killing most of my profit on the ones I hadn't sold yet.So I would probably not try that again unless there were external forces I knew about that were already working to change the area.My suggestion would be to get very familiar with the local government and chamber of commerce in the area and see what is going on.

JV partner just updated me that he's willing to have me quitclaim but leave me in the JV and restructure the JV to pay back my $21k investment and to share in any profit that comes from the property when rented or sold.

I have said this before to my wife, that I have thought about restructuring the leases as they come up to have everyone with a different due date from 1-31 so that I could see rent money come in every single day.

By restructuring those business loans to 30 year home loans instead of 5 year P and I business loans there was an immediate improvement in liquidity and the additional capital that released provided the funds needed to be spent on tax deductible items - which lowered tax.

The message: if you buy right, you can restructure debt and have someone else paying for it.

Interest rates are low with traditional banks right now and this would probably be the best time for you to restructure the existing debt on the house and possibly take out equity to pay for repairs & renovations.

I wouldn't focus on the the 21 mil deal for now, but instead focus on restructuring your life so that you can produce a drastically different reality for yourself.