Bradley, yes it's conventional but again... most lenders will hit you with the 20-25% DP.

However, careful planning around Bonus depreciation recapture and capital gains in future years is key, as these can create a significant tax event upon sale.This post does not create a CPA-Client relationship.

But who cares, YES marketing for them .  

Sometimes foreign investors just want a place to park money, and don't care much about returns. 

Con: You need to be careful about how you conduct yourself when investing.

Or are you purely looking to go the conventional route only? 

@Renee Ren before you make any investment via Fundrise or any other crowdfunding marketplace, please carefully review the liquidity mechanisms as described in the offering documents and consult an experienced securities attorney if there is any ambiguity.

You must be talking about doing an FHA loan every so often.You don't need to use just FHA you can this with conventional owner occupancy loans as well.

Current building code requirements and local amendments should be considered forrebuilding the fire-damaged portion of the residence.The Engineer shall have no liability to the Owners, or to others for the acts or omissions of theContractor or any other Persons performing work on the project, or failure of the Contractor tocarry out the work in accordance with this letter, except where specifically inspected andapproved by the engineer and discovery of defect is possible within the normal ability or standardof care for the industry.This report is based on a diligent visual inspection of the referenced areas.

I've read through everything everyone has said, as well as carefully reading through the sales agreement and the final closing papers (that I did not sign but requested from the title agency)...