I would market photo #10 (the floating umbrella) to retired astronauts.

Typically I do some of (most of) the work myself but am thinking that it may be better if I GC’ed the job in order to keep things a little simpler (unfortunately, knowing myself Ill end up getting into something and want to make sure we accommodate for that).We haven’t spoken in detail about structuring things so I thought I would float it here and hopefully some of you will have some advice.

Form ABC gets amended, then you have the old and new floating around, then it gets changed to XYZ but in triplicate.

It probably wouldn't look quite as good as taped and floated sheetrock, but its just a garage and it would be a heck of a lot easier to install if you did it yourself.

I watched part of the San Antonio New Year's parade of boat floats along the Riverwalk!

However, products and bank appetite changes frequently, so it's worth it to call every single one.If you call enough of these, you *should* find an investor-friendly bank that "gets it" and makes purchase+rehab loans for 75 to 80% LTV, with quick closes and instant-issued pre-approval letters to back your offers, at a very reasonable level of closing costs and a good personal relationship with a local banker who can make decisions.I was just hooking up with a bank in my area who does the following:1yr ARM at 3.99% fixed for 1 year3yr ARM at 4.99% fixed for 3 yearsNo points and no prepayment fees30 year amort. schedule and final maturityAbout $500 in total feesRehab portion released as work is completedIf you decided to keep the property, the floating rate terms (after the 1yr and 3yr periods) would be 1yr Tsy+375, w/ 2% annual change cap, 6% lifetime change capNo balloon, straight 30-year amort.Once you have a little more capital, you'll likely want to make cash offers to improve your negotiating stance, so you'll want to make sure that that the bank will come right in behind you after the close, do a cash out refi and fund your rehab at the same 75-80%.

Now it only rents as a seasonal but since it paid for that keeps it a float.

What are the pros/coms of floating versus glue down for engineered wood.

So, yes, four properties with HELOCs on them will be just as troublesome as four 30 year fixed mortgages.HELOCs are troublesome because they are floating rate loans.

There would be some mortgage out there floating in the breeze, just waiting to swoop down and declare the property to be encumbered.You could then sell it off without the title company for the buyer even knowing there was a mortgage on it.