It's an awesome way to jump into RE yes its scary at first but as long as you have a criteria going in it eases some of the emotions during the process my biggest thing was lower my cost or keeping it the same.

But I also understand some people don’t really care about the cash flow as much as the security of not having to worry about a vacancy or whatever.

Even if you manage to find an office with an existing tenant, their lease could be approaching expiration, and without plans to renew, it can take an incredibly long time to secure a new tenant for the space.

Purchase price: $420,000 Cash invested: $55,096 Purchased a distressed single-family home in Antioch, CA, using the BRRRR strategy to create $141,000 in equity and secure a cash-flowing rental property.

A mix of short- and long-term strategies could hedge against market shifts.Borrowing allows you to scale faster, especially if you can secure favorable terms.

Question is: if I have one of these LLC (owned husband and wife, in a non-community property state), but it's a just a passive LLC - such that all it does is owns public securities (ie, our brokerage accounts are titled in the name of the LLC), does the same rule apply?

So, even if the loan amount is the same, and even if the interest rate is the same, with the terms mirroring the underlying mortgage, the seller will have (1) recourse to foreclose if the buyer stops paying (2) with payments going directly to the seller who then sends payment to the underlying lender the seller will know if and when the buyer has not made a payment, in which case they can choose to make the underlying mortgage payment and proceed to foreclosure, (3) the seller’s legal position is enhanced since he holds a debt security interest in the property (4) the seller may be able to wrap a higher amount than the underlying note and or a higher interest rate and (5) the seller’s credit position may be enhanced since he has the asset of the wrap note offsetting the underlying debt.  

I completely agree with @Ashish Acharya's points about the cost-effectiveness of a HELOC and the potential credit implications if it’s secured by your primary residence.

I love finding VA Assumption Loan deals and have personally secured one so far as a rental property with a 3.3% interest rate. 

Prior to investing, I asked my coordinator if the loan was secured and she said yes, it was secured by their property portfolio.