Construction can have unforseen costs, construction loans for rounds of funding can be more expensive over time, rent markets can drop, vacancies in market can increase.Typically entitlement phase of land most risk, followed by development, followed by vacant building turn around, followed by half vacant building, followed by mainly full building with value add component, followed by brand new building with market or below in place rents and everything new with good location.Along that spectrum of course you go from heavy equity upside potential to mainly just the cash flow return and hopefully price appreciation over time.Investors have to decide on the spectrum of their risk assessment to capital over what period of time how they will allocate between all one type of investment or multiple and what percentages.

I’m looking at how I can do this in partnership with other investors who will use cash and/or loans.  

How do you feel about a $700k purchase price with a non owner occupied 4plex DSCR loan 3yr prepayment penalty, 10yr interest only 30yr fixed after$560k loan amount (20% down)7.750 par rate with no costs. monthly payment $3,616.66Or pay $22,295 in closing costs and get a 6.375% Monthly payment of $2,975The monthly payment difference between the two is $641.66And when you take $22,295 in closing costs and divide it by $641.66 that will give you 34.5 months (2.89 yrs) to break even if my math is correctHow do you guys feel about taking a lil less than 3 years to break even on $22,295And the seller is giving me $15,500 in seller concessions thanks for the advice guys!!

Quote from @Jason Kudo: I have a property in the Joshua Tree market and it's doing fantastic.That's great for you :-) However the OP might want to know if you paid cash, have a loan, at what APR, and all that good stuff that could make the difference for him having a decent ROI.

I believe I can utilize a 203(k) loan for the refurbishment.

-is it a good time for a person with no savings and no experience to take out a HELOC or personal loan and buy a random property in a state they've never been to using 100% leverage because made up spreadsheet math assumes no vacancy or capex or repairs ever and rent growth of 9.2% a year until 2074? 

But I can still use an FHA loan and then transfer the property for $1 to obtain maximum protections of an LLC with maximum leverage.They are told this can trigger due on sale clause and will still will be paying transfer taxes based on the properties assessed value + deed prep, recording and misc. title expenses.

These costs would need to be amortized over the life of the loan or treated as capitalized expenses.

I was wondering if there are any limitations to getting a 2nd FHA loan as far as what value the 2nd house is compared to the first one.

He literally harassed me over the phone after I told him multiple times that I wasn't loaning him money.