Then again, if you’re talking about a mortgage on your personal residence, and you live in a state with an unlimited homestead exemption for creditor attachment like Texas or Florida, there’s an asset protection consideration as well.   

I had 3.5% rate, did a lot remodeling and heavy lifting, and decided to sell due to the 2/5 capital gains exclusion.

I am thinking of doing some remodelling inside, moving around a few walls, opening up the kitchen. 

I personally dont do any of that.. every market / or most will have an active fix and flip sector or buy and hold sector the important thing to me is the operator full stop.. great operator will do well in any market and all the national data simply is noise at least at my level. ( loaning our own money and JV deals with our own money)  we dont broker or anything like that.

Personal goal is to finish up my real estate license before the start of the year. wow! 

For example when someone wants to have financial freedom and spend more time with family, but then sets a goal by creating a heavy active income stream that involves their personal involvement daily.

Through a client and a lot of research and connections through my Personal Training Industry How did you finance this deal?

@Preston Dean I personally like to make sure I have a set amount of reserves for each property to cover things, so if you have a pool of funds sitting aside personally I would just earmark a certain amount that you don't touch except for that property (or an emergency).

Personally, I love them because they offer built-in diversification.In my experience, local banks are your best bet for financing mixed-use properties.

Personally, I'm very conservative, and I confine myself to sponsors that have a track record of at least one full real estate cycle with either little or no investor money lost.