The protections which I would assume were made with acompassionate eye toward venerable renters backfired and brought outthe worst behavior from many tenants and have caused smallerlandlords to pull their properties from the market .

It would be unethical for lenders to pull credit just to get you a quote, while it would almost be foolish to go with the first quote received.

All of my rentals are stuck using Louisiana Citizens Insurance (state sponsored and 3x what I was paying before the insurance companies all either pulled out or went bankrupt). 

Refinance: Use the increased equity from the rehab to refinance and pull out capital for future investments.5.

It's a great way to increase your net worth and these loans can also be used to pull cash out of a property as it appreciates allowing you to reinvest money into new deals.Happy to discuss further. 

I pulled the recorded liens against the properties, most of which relate to 1) City of San Antonio fines for mowing and demolition, and 2) Vendor's Liens.Two questions for the BP Community:  1) Are the City fines extinguished at tax sale? 

Normally, people open a S Corp instead of an LLC so that they can pull a salary from the S Corp and save on taxes.

As mentioned above it depends on the metro but I would make sure I was comfortable with the LTR rate before pulling the trigger on an STR. 

I having a hard time pulling comps in the immediate area.

I'd also pull the records at the registry of deeds to see if any restrictions are attached to the unit.