MI goaded investors into this with the classic bait and switch.

In 2023, we made the decision to move to USA and chose NC for many reasons, Mooresville specifically, as my husband is a mechanic and doing classic auto restorations.The immigration process has been brutally long as I am still waiting for my visa to be able to officially immigrate and work.

The population is almost half of what it used to be 2010, property values are going down, median home prices -1.5%,..You are making the classic nooby mistake looking at cashflow as your #1 criteria.

@Kadeem Kamal, consolidation from several smaller properties into one larger property is a classic 1031 strategy called a "consolidation exchange". 

I seem to have timed some REIT investments well too - nothing I did, just classic DCO. 

Classic Don.. 

Like Brandon mentioned - you sound like the picture perfect classic "DSCR Loan" borrower - dscr loans are made for exactly this typically - LLC friendly and usually the best fit for when investors hit the 5 or so property mark and hit a roadblock with banks, cash etc like you desribed.Check out this 12-part article series published here on BP on all about DSCR Loans, hope it helps!

Huntersville, 30 minutes north of Uptown, has a classic suburban feel and is close to Lake Norman, with everything you might need in a quieter setting.

To me, this is classic armchair quarterback / lazy naysayer stuff.If you have money sitting in a checking account when I'm putting my equivalent funds on my mortgage, it means YOU are paying opportunity costs because your money could be working for you.

That classic case of "it depends."