I was actually considering doing a shorter mortgage term to gain equity on the property faster.

You’d be shocked by how little actual screening many PMC’s do!

Actually, I'm not opposed to house hacking.

Since you’re open to out-of-state investing, there are definitely some great opportunities out there.A few things that helped me:-Finding investor-friendly agents/property managers who actually understand rentals.

So they used the actual rented data of these companies to compare what rentals should go for in your market.

On larger deals, I've actually seen LTVs come down in the 50%-65% range, depending on the type of property/experience of the developer.

If you sell at an actual profit, yes there will be tax.  

Most of the time, an ADU will cost 100k just for that part and then you have to actually build the cosmetic part for an additional 40-50k. 

I did it to get an answer, I didn't think I was actually going to be invited onto the podcast though. 

It is not uncommon for auctions like this one to get rescheduled multiple times before ever actually making it to the courthouse steps.