Better than alternatives like lending at 7%, after tax, and close to the stock market. 

The program was created to give low-income tenants an alternative to living in federal project housing.S8 sets their rental rates to the LOW-END of market averages, if not slightly below.What the gurus do NOT tell you is they expect you to get a Class C S8 tenant to rent a Class D property.

I just wanted to reach out and see if there was another more efficient alternative in doing this.Its a high volume game. 

They have a stats page that can help you do some research about your market I also use DPGO for stats because it’s free but Price Labs and Airdna are also paid alternatives 

Cap rate was still decent when I sold it, even at its updated value, versus alternatives.

Alternatively, you could explore private money lenders or partnerships that might provide more flexible funding options.

Yes, they should be happy to do it and yes, you'll have to find alternative solutions for the buy and rehab.

In my experience, underwriting single family home rentals in California typically results in sub-4% unleveraged returns, which is awful given the alternatives. 

Alternatively, if you're wanting to do something more aggressive, you could consider a balanced fund, such as Vanguard's LifeStrategy Income Fund (VASIX), which is 20% Stocks / 80% Bonds.

Alternatively, anyone know of any genuine private lenders that are open to this?