Establish connections with real estate brokers that focus on investment properties.Funding: Explore various funding options, such as partnerships, hard money lenders, private lenders, and conventional mortgages.Make use of your experience in building to precisely estimate repair costs and provide prospective lenders with well-prepared project proposals.Look into any grants or incentives that may be available to real estate investors on a local and federal level.Create a concise business strategy that outlines your objectives, both short- and long-term, target properties, and investment tactics.Remember, each real estate market is unique, so adapt your strategies based on your local conditions.

In short, it makes economic sense on your residence, in very specific and controlled conditions. 

The HML lender is predicated on an appraisal.So to me it is NOT and all cash offer with no contingencies.Cash from a bank account is cash that the buyer controls.Not a third party giving them the money OR part of a corp they control OR another entity that has cash but is tied up in something else."

Secondly, in the states I invest in, my plan would be to will move them to executory contracts or lease options to negate the due on sale if I have to but I'd rather control the deed. 

Good basis for fighting the ever-more-frequent push for rent control:stlouisfed DOT org/on-the-economy/2024/feb/what-are-long-run-trade-offs-rent-control-policies

But here's the catch – there's a hefty $60k upfront cost, ongoing fees, and you'll play by PMI's rules, limiting your control and giving them a 7% cut of your early profits.

In addition, I think there's more "control" with stocks in the sense that you can pull your money out whenever versus real estate, the money is not liquid. 

It should be about 1/3 to 1/2 the price of conventional hvac system and you could advertise central hvac with the bonus of having a zone system as each unit is individually controlled.

Pretty much everything else is out of their control. 

For example, if the building has a lot of rent stabilized/controlled units, don't expect to get favorable terms on it since the lender knows you're not going to have too much upside with rental future income.