In addition, the deals will be based on long-term rental outlook, but we are going to see how a mid-term rental strategy pans out for the higher cash flow in the short term.

@Ricardo Fainsilber how did your search pan out?

This is the simplest method, but it also means your tenants are more likely to abuse the utilities by leaving windows open with the heat or A/C running, leaving lights on, ignoring the toilet that constantly flushes on its own, etc.3.

The breed insurance exclusion will give you a reasonable justification, but it could still get messy if they pursue legal action.Id dig into the true status of it being an ESA and if that pans out as "real" then its reasonable to require the tenant to carry liability insurance for the pet

If the furnace is separate from the unit, I also have an inspection clause allowing me to inspect for necessary repairs (leaky faucets/toilets), etc, etc quarterly. 

If that doesn't pan out for some reason I would definitely be sure to run ALL the numbers accurately with hard money and make sure that everything goes to plan.

these deals never pan out. the borrower should get a HECM/ reverse mortgage. 

Now if you don't like long-term data, let's use last 20 yrs only, from JPMorgan Wealth Management Teams in house data, which covers a boom a bust and a boom and a pan-demic, typical for a US 20yr span. which gives us 9.5% nominal (REITS beat SP500 by the way), but the key number is the orange bar, 3.6%, That is what the average wealthy college educated client of theirs dose, hundreds of thousands of clients.

Conservative LTV first trust deeds are currently paying over 9%  and generate good cash flow when buying doesn’t make sense.Yes that´s another wonderful alternative, I invest in notes as well, got no tenants & no toilets and with those interest rates a return, where I don´t need to buy real estate for cashflow.

we were only 10 days over schedule (we allocated just under 2 months) which is remarkable considering the various issues we encountered and the size of this rehab (we removed 4 walls (including a load baring), added 1 wall, added new bathroom, redid kitchen and existing bathroom layout, (new locations on shower, toilet, and vanity) removed a door, added 2 windows, new flooring throughout, and added an eyebrow porch.