Another lever you can pull is marketing the units in a different way if you havent explore getting professional photos done or styling the unit further with a professional decorator.

I'm not sure where your home is located but many property management companies, like mine, offer tenant screening services so I suggest you utilize that if possible.We pull credit (with score), criminal background, eviction etc. 

Build - rent - refinance -repeat. in columbus ohio you are buying old houses that are 1900 or 1920 or 1940 and you are in a sellers market. on the other hand you can source land which is a buyers market and build single family homes or duplex or triplexes that will return by renting and pulling cash out on a DSCR loan and doing it again. there aren't a lot of strategies that do this. flipping is different. so many risks. but when someone has a well oiled machine it's all good and less risk.

When you’re ready, I’d be happy to help with financing solutions to make your next project a reality.Drago

This works best when the seller is motivated and open to flexible terms.4.BRRRR Strategy (Buy, Rehab, Rent, Refinance, Repeat)– If you find the right undervalued property, you can finance the rehab with short-term funding and then refinance into a long-term loan, pulling most or all of your money back out.5.House Hacking– If you’re open to living in your investment, you can use an FHA loan (as low as 3.5% down)to buy a multi-unit, live in one unit, and rent out the others.

Additionally, I wanted to begin using properties to pull equity to go towards buying more.

Most others find seller-financed deals through pulling data on property owners in the areas they want to buy that have a lot of equity in their homes.

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My primary is not ready and needs more work before I pull the trigger.

Another solution is to simply list it as an STR and say "contact host for long term rates".