Great tools that get updated regularly.I am on the lending side of things and would be happy to hop on a call with you anytime to discuss financial strategies and help answer any questions you may have about nearly any loan product available to help you on your journey, even if they are not products my capital partners offer.We are all here to help you learn and grow.

This tactic is unlikely to be productive when there is a large delta in rate.

Buying with an LLC is a great way to safeguard yourself and your property, highly recommended, however, if you’re purchasing through an LLC that was not formed specifically for the purposes of acquiring your investment property, ensure you own more than 50% as LLCs can get complicated with multiple equal shareholders.

It is not like your product line gets banned by the government or your company is bankrupted.

Ideally, we'd like to acquire one or two duplexes that meet the 1% rule and provide us with $1,000–$2,000 USD per month after property management fees and other expenses.

I'm interested in hearing what types of loan products your company offers.

I think it's about the best time there is to outside of the past to invest and acquire properties.I just recently found an article by Julie Taylor from realtor.com that was posted December 10th that has some predictions on housing markets where "Home Sales Are Set to Soar" with Colorado Springs listed as number 1 with expected YoY sales increase of 27.1% and Denver expected to increase 13.6% YoY quoting Christine Dupont-Patz who is a real estate agent in the Denver area. 

I would acquire in cash and then refi into longer funding. #4.

Point being that property you acquire 1-2 years ago is likely to be subject to deferred maintenance and capex, so their "long term" performance in rankings 1), 3) might skew poorly in year 1-2 but may pickup  after you've found and fixed all the hidden issues.I know if i did this exercise across my portfolio, the recently acquired ones wouldn't be fairly "stacked" because of all the year 1-2 cost build up from what the seller deferred, but have good chances at being future performers in years 3-5.Maybe that's why you have 2) and 5) but curious your general thoughts here are for evaluating this. 

I acquire properties for my brokerage to wholesale so the software can help me in my job and personally.