I did all of my loans with small local banks in my area and was always happy with the rates and service.

HELOCs typically do not go above 75-80% of value and since the property was purchased recently they would not see that equity unless you did some major rehab to the property.

How do you typically find your lenders, and what’s worked best for structuring deals?

This requires 10% down and you typically just have to live in the property for 14 days out of the year.

As you mentioned intentional flips are typically considered inventory-This means the income is ordinary income and as such: - Is not a capital gain, so hold time of 1 year does not change to a better long-term capital gain rate - Can not be invested in a QOF Deductions related to it can't be pushed or changed- all costs are accounted for with the inventory component 

Unless new companies move into the city and create replacement jobs, all that will remain are lower-paying service sector jobs.

Is the service much different since Cozy merged with apartments.com?

So, in actuality the divide between “good” PMs and “bad” ones is probably no different than any other service provider, be it real estate broker, mortgage originator, etc.The key word I has in my sentence was MAY; as in MAY be hazardous to your financial health.  

"-  Section 8 rentals typically follow a purchase and rehab project. 

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