We modeled every new build in our market every year and find that it's exponential growth as you build smaller your returns go higher and I would guess it's the same for existing. please comment on your market and trends if you've seen similar patterns anywhere in the country.

@Austin Williams yes you can do a 100% cash out refi on your existing home with a VA loan, but keep in mind that you would need to finance it as a primary residence, which resets the 1 year clock that you need to occupy the property.

Replying to this thread that’s 6 years old to see if anyone has seen an update in the law? 

Since there are not many ways to reduce taxes retroactively for a previous year, understanding options like these can be particularly valuable at this time of year.

He must have spent gobs of time and money every year maintaining the books and the structure. 

I noticed their business is listed as an LLC on their Zillow profile, and we also found that they have a few other unrelated LLC businesses that didn’t seem to work out for them over the years and were short-lived.

Since you and your husband bring 20+ years of residential construction experience to the table, you already have a huge advantage.

build it instead of buying it. especially in the 5-50 range you are going to get garbage that's 80-120 years old in c neighborhoods. i can find land in almost any zip code and make the numbers work in columbus. or partner on a project locally. just my 2 cents but build to rent is much stronger right now in my opinion in columbus than buying existing assets 

although we bought about 6 years ago or so for 270 put 100k into it so you can do the math  no debt .. hoa 400  we pay utls. 200 or so.. so 600 a month out of the 3500.. tax's about 1500 a year ( got to love Vegas taxs ) value today right at 600k.. so lets say we net about 33k a year on 370k cash .. so not bad little under 10% COC with an outstanding tenant one of the best I have ever had.PS given tenant quality we manage ourselves.. 

In the six years I've owned, operated and sold vacation rentals on the Oregon Coast the investment landscape has evolved considerably.