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Really depends on what you're looking for, the nature of the project and again, location. 

The BP community of course naturally gravitates to fixed rate long-term debt on real assets as probably the safest way to use leverage to build wealth. 

And, even then, hitting your rate target would still be extremely challenging unless you were paying points up front, in which case it would probably make more sense to just try to put in a bigger down payment (or pay down the balance if refi) instead and get better terms naturally offered at the lower LTV.

Holding investor funds without a clear and reliable process for withdrawal reflects poorly on RAD’s reputation and calls into question the ethical nature of its practices.

This is a good thing if you want to do some rehab, but again, you must be very strategic about how much money you put into a place, knowing it won't naturally appreciate beyond what you create in improvements.4) We're having a bit of a zoning crisis.

Rental properties are a high CapEx / low cash flow business model by nature.

This purchase will be up ~1m over purchase price after this rehab is done (3 sources: 1) purchase below value (or value add from addressing the rent issues - depends on your perspective) 2) value add from 4 class b+ unit rehabs 3) natural appreciation).  

Without knowing the nature of your partnerships it’s tough to say specifically.

Either through value add or naturally.