Most of our loans are fully amortized and those that aren't, are 10 year balloons where we'll have more than 50% equity (at the purchase price) upon loan maturity in 2030+. 

Quote from @Jonathan Snider: I have been saving up for a while to purchase my first STR.

Apartments, Student Housing, Self Storage, Commercial, etc.The SEC classifies a DST as a security so they must be purchased from a financial advisor.The costs very A LOT by financial advisor and DST Sponsor.

Purchase price: $990,000 Cash invested: $350,000 Purchased this home with my former partner back in 2018 and we put 200k down.

I want to purchase my sisters house as my first investment.

You can also check their reviews online at Google, Facebook, or Yelp.

I volunteer and host an online group for our local chapter of the Real Estate Investors Association (REIA).

What I have researched several months through online forum in Japan is telling me the same thing.

While not mandatory to purchase in an LLC, I would recommend it.

So I found and purchased 3 undervalued properties from wholesalers and we are just finishing up the 3rd one.