The key is to purchase in desirable locations where demand for rental housing is high, ensuring consistent occupancy and the potential for rental rate increases over time.2.

USDA Loan – 0% Down (Rural Areas)Must be in a USDA-eligible rural area (check USDA’s map).Owner-occupancy required initially, but STRs might be possible later.5.

For example, you could create a weighted structure where a percentage of profits is based on cash contributions, and another portion compensates for rehab or management efforts.Rent Payments and Tax-Free Profits:If you structure it as an owner-occupied property, the rent you pay could be shared proportionally, but tax-free gains on resale may only apply to your share, as you’d be the owner-occupant.

We like self-storage because even if there is a recession, and people downsize, those people will have a need for self-storage, as evidenced by storage occupancy rates during past recessions.

If the property fronts on a state road, you will need an Highway Occupancy Permit from Pennsylvania department of Transportation, to gain accces to the road. 

Tampa for example, the most desirable STR's are also very desirable to owner occupants (near beaches, near downtown, etc). 

Squatters are a real problem nationally and a study found that they target not only vacant properties but those advertised for rent or sale that offer 'immediate occupancy.' 

My dad and I (both with access to VA loans) are about to get into the multifam game and how we proceed is really going to depend on the true occupancy rules for the VA and our lender.

A SFH in a neighborhood with HOA or owner occupant neighborhoods your rental property can stand out in a negative way because tenants don't waste their money watering the yard. 5.  

It has a lot going for it from a long-term rental/cash on cash return perspective, but I’m not too sure about short term rental demand and occupancy.