A lot hinges on what your desire for your next chapter is.

I went to several of the LIOS webinars including that one (those were the highly desirable cucumbers deal where you bought the greenhouse and they held the land correct?).  

The goal was disguised as helping protect "the little guy" but it was really to keep FHA buyers out of higher cost desirable 3-4 unit properties in high-cost areas. 

In general, tubs are moving down on the list of desired features.

We are living in Phuket Thailand currently and this year I utilized the Foreign Earned Income Exclusion to not pay taxes on the first 120k of income. 

I'll refi in 12 months utilizing the built in equity plus what I earn this year to avoid a huge down payment. 

Many competing offers will come from buyers with cash offers or 30%+ down payments.Properties that are most appealing to multi-family homebuyers on Long Island are those:- With newer finishes/recent renovations- 3+ bedrooms in 1 or more of the units- located in desirable school districtsTo make the numbers work and to find a deal where you may have more room for negotiation, I'd target:- Properties with 30 days on market (DOM).

And I have been a PML business owner for a decade so it was an easy choice/chance for us to take and had access to funds to pay it off when rates jumped and our interest earnings was negligence compared to the risk. 

How to get SS disability at 20 when there ain't a dang thing wrong with a person, how to get maximum "benefits" to "get you gov checks", than to earn in cash. how to maximize time on benefits. 

They just buy stuff they think buyers will like.How to reverse engineer the purchase price to earn a profit.