Looking at this past week's CMI, it's interesting to see the buyer/seller positioning in the SE-ish area compared to the NW-ish area with rates high 6's in JanuaryStill bullish on W/NW future demand due to TSMC factory and other companies (dashboard snapshot below) but time will tell.

Is that 450-600k equity over and above a 70% LTV?

How do these deals typically perform in terms of cash flow and equity growth? 

Code r. 3129.1so if the 1st position (mortgagae ) been served means all other lein holders will be wipeout even if not served Notice.

Lenders want to protect their investment not because of possibly you but your profile (little equity / assets etc) which is common for someone in their early 20's - want to make sure skin in game.

That's not including the equity/money put in getting to build permit. 

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We are looking at the compound asset acquisition and also using the short term rental loophole for our future properties and likely moving my wife into the real estate professional position while I remain at my W2 position.To sum it up, I would like to know what higher income W2 earners are doing in order to help offset their W2 taxes or if there is a way? 

I’m also using a 6% vacancy rate, which brings the net monthly cash flow to about $200 and a CoC return of 13.06%.Summary:I’ve created around $50k in equity (difference between ARV of $200k and total investment of $155k).I’ve got about $10k or $18,385 left in the deal (factoring in closing costs).The cash flow is healthy, and the CoC return is strong, especially as a first-time investor.Questions:Does anything look off or could I improve the numbers?

And, for those people who have more time than money, they can put in sweat equity into directly owned real estate.