The profitability of the investment may also be increased by arranging for a balloon payment, extending the repayment time, or negotiating a reduced interest rate.Thirdly, consider the advantages of purchasing the property using seller financing in the long run.

Golf carts kinda fall into that category of bikes, kayaks and boats.I did a quick search and there are plenty of insurers that offer golf cart liability insurance. https://www.insurance.com/other-insurance/golf-cart-insuranc...It seems to be pretty cheap.

If you are looking to take full advantage of your VA loan, see if you can find a builder to carry the construction loan  until the permanent VA loan closes.  

If the seller firmly believes that someone should take over his debt and the solar is an advantage, there is no point in submitting an offer. 

I understand that an advantage of note ownership is that its typically viewed as a more passive investment (no 3am toilet phone calls) and that is what attracts me to this concept. 

I used this strategy a couple of times and is really powerful to take advantage of a lower interest rate and lower down payment. 

After the Great Recession, he could have moved part of his money to real estate to take advantage but he didn't because he understood that it was a temporary and abnormal situation and not a base to change his business model.So, finally, let's see if US real estate is the right basked to invest in, if one such basket exists.

In CA we do have a pretty advantageous property tax system, at least for the moment (LOL).

One’s competitive advantage as an investor primarily comes from superior intimate market knowledge.

I responded to a few and learned that while the VA Vendee program was temporarily open to non-veteran investors, in order to take advantage of these programs, one now needs to actually be a veteran.