DSCR/hard money are non owner occupy loans.If you decide to do FHA203K for the first home - a 203K consultant/inspector will be required for the standard 203k loan, you will unlikely be able to serve as GC and you sign a 1 year occupany affidavit.

The city wants to tear the property and surrounding properties down Zillow said it’s worth 38000The city offer me 13000.I could use some adviceHard to give advice with limited information, but as a general rule, the longer you wait and the further down the line their project is the more valuable your property will be to them.Zillow (and all automatic online) estimates are very unreliable, so don't base on that.

It would be a tight budget but I do have money set aside for repairs.

"Before borrowing money from a friend, decide which you need most".

Given you and your investor both have experience in different areas, I’d say keep a flexible approach and compare city requirements before putting too much money down.

In those days it was possible to locate and tie up a “killer” deal, and close the transaction with absolutely zero of the investors own money.

If you do sell, think about where you’d put the money, whether into more passive investments like index funds or REITs, or possibly diversifying into a different market with better opportunities.If you decide to keep renting, you’re in a pretty solid spot right now.

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I am a hard money lender and need advise if an unsecured loan I made through the Solo 401k defaults and is uncollectible are there tax write-offs as a result of the uncollected loan?

Use your own money?