To Chris' point, you can find lower options if you handle some of the management responsibilities.

On the other hand, owning rental properties gives you full control and the best tax perks but also requires the most work and risk management.Whichever option you lean toward, always diversify across deals and sponsors, and don’t hesitate to ask for references or do background checks.

Therefore, your financial freedom hinges on new companies continuously moving into the city, creating replacement jobs.Companies have many options when selecting a location to set up operations.

.- One of our projects has fallen so far behind that the only viable option to get back on track is an early exit.

Option 1: Seek out a portfolio lender and/or look at better asset types - commercial. 

Since I am having my prospective tenants cover the cost I would prefer to have the lowest cost option that gives you the most bang for your buck, but at the same time I want to be sure that what I am paying for is reliable.

If you do not qualify for a conventional loan, DSCR and HML are the two commercial options available.

You aren’t owners with lease options.

But Lo and Behold, you will have state regulators and prosecutors, coming after you, painting you as a Devil incarnate to make some headlines and parade themselves as protectors of poor home owners, who are set up and guaranteed to lose their homes when they have no options to reinstate the loan a day before auction. 

We're exploring both options.