Unless you have significant assets/equity in other properties the lender is taking on 100% of the risk if you have zero money in the deal and if it goes bad you just walk away and lose nothing.

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To me they really are just two different types of assets in two different types of markets. 

Investing first and buying later provides financial freedom but may be time-consuming and costly.Good Luck!

Given your experience and strong financials, you have some solid options:Commercial or Portfolio Loan: These are tailored for investors and can help you avoid personal guarantees, especially since you have an LLC.BRRRR Loan (Buy, Rehab, Rent, Refinance, Repeat): Some lenders offer BRRRR-specific loans with funding for purchase and rehab, allowing you to refinance based on the new ARV once stabilized.HELOC or Cash-Out Refi on Current Rentals: Tap into the equity on your single-family rentals to secure funding for the 4-plex purchase and rehab without high origination fees.Each has pros depending on your cash flow goals and timeline.

Then it will go to tax sale and typically back to the county.The mortgage company could try and repair the property to protect their asset but it depends.

Treasuries will go "no bid" and there will be a collapse of confidence in both (i) the U.S. dollar, and (ii) U.S. treasury debt instruments [bills / bonds / etc].When this financial inflection point comes, you do not want to own assets who's values are directly tied and leveraged to the yield on U.S. treasury debt instruments (specifically commercial real estate where most market participants are max leveraged).

Whether it's real estate investing or running a small business or a combination of both, I just know I want my income and financial stability to stop being reliant on a boss or corporate entity.I've got a couple of interests that I'm flexible on. - Long term residential rentals: Primary interest to start building.  

Right now we are not selling anything or cashing out that equity - if anything I would look to acquire a property and find a HML that would cross collateralize one of my other assets so I don’t have to sell it but use it as collateral.

Most here are real estate investors and typically those are not viewed as "businesses" because they have no real value as businesses outside the value of the asset(s) owned.