They play a vital role in the decision-making process and have been instrumental to anyone's success as a real estate investor.

These instruments are not perfect, none of there real estate I ever have invested has been perfect, but my stock portfolio is up and down like a whack a mole party.  

Are there any clever financial instruments or maneuvers that could help alleviate this $12k/month interest payment sum? 

The easement must be evidenced by written instrument recorded in the office of the clerk of the circuit court in the county where such land is located before the recording of such tax deed or master’s deed, or, if not recorded, an easement for a public service purpose must be evidenced by wires, poles, or other visible occupation, an easement for drainage must be evidenced by a waterway, water bed, or other visible occupation, and an easement for the purpose of ingress and egress must be evidenced by a road or other visible occupation to be entitled to the benefit of this section; however, this shall apply only to tax deeds issued after the effective date of this act.197.573 Survival of restrictions and covenants after tax sale.—(1) When a deed or other recorded instrument in the chain of title contains restrictions and covenants running with the land, as hereinafter defined and limited, the restrictions and covenants shall survive and be enforceable after the issuance of a tax deed or master’s deed, or a clerk’s certificate of title upon foreclosure of a tax deed, tax certificate, or tax lien, to the same extent that it would be enforceable against a voluntary grantee of the owner of the title immediately before the delivery of the tax deed, master’s deed, or clerk’s certificate of title.

If the transfer results in a permitted change of occupancy type to an investment property, such change must not violate the Security Instrument (e.g., the 12-month occupancy requirement for a Primary Residence), andThe Servicer notifies the original owner or natural person that the Mortgaged Premises transferred to an LLC/LP must be transferred back to the original owner or natural person prior to any subsequent refinance or modification application to meet Freddie Mac’s underwriting requirements

We believe learning how to be a self-managing landlord will be instrumental in starting and scaling your real estate investing portfolio.

The “due on sale” clause, as its commonly referred to, is 2 paragraphs that are usually located in Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac “notes” (which is the specific form/instrument that outlines the terms of your mortgage).

Seeking help from realtors, meeting with financiers can be instrumental in handling such investments as these are areas where one would need experts’ advice, lawyers or financial analysts for guidance!

You didn't get an instrument survey at closing? 

The P&L of lien investing is reasonably constrained; it's more of a debt-like instrument than an equity-like instrument.