You may want to adjust your criteria a bit and sacrifice projected cash flow for stability and projectability.All the best to you in your investment journey!

You have to weigh the benefit of the insurance claim payment versus potentially having your carrier cancel you and perhaps get black-balled by the insurance industry.

Market Analysis: Palm Desert seems seasonal, so the cash flow challenge might not improve significantly without some adjustments.

I do like the tax benefits and leverage.

@Zach Howard you pretty much MUST hold it in an LLC if you don't have the proper visa or greencard.1) Many attorneys over-hype the benefits of an LLC for each property.

Hello @Timothy Hilario,I think there are benefits to both strategies.If you move out of your apartment and rent it as a mid-term rental, you could see decent cashflow without pulling equity out of the unit.

AccountabilityAnother obvious and much-needed benefit of a coaching program is having someone hold you accountable.

I recommend you do this annually to adjust for utility increases and other variables.

As a side note typically I do not use my deferred tax dollars to invest in traditional real estate as the benefits (depreciation etc) are all lost when using a self directed IRA - My guess is build to rent will provide little to no cash flow to build the account - it will all be locked in the property. 

There are some benefits to having an LLC on reduced liability, but there are more expenses.