If I have no mortgage the cash flow is more secure.

This also helped us in an unattended way when investing with my Solo 401k because banks treated the funds as liquid when invested in a public traded exchange versus in their fund and helped with securing better commercial financing on a deal because of the strength of our application in liquid assets.

The law does NOT apply to landlords:With less then 5 rental unitsThat live in one unit of a duplex and rent out the other unitThat rent out rooms in the home they occupySo, landlords can no longer state in their rental ads, "Section 8 not accepted".The reverse is also true, "Section 8 only", cannot be used.We've always recommended screening S8 tenants the same way as cash-paying tenants.Landlords waiving application fees and/or security deposits only for S8 prospects may also be violating Fair Housing.

For regular tenants and/or section 8 tenants.

-secured card is a smart start.

You are not a borrower, you are not liable for the debt, you may need to sign the security instrument to allow the mortgage to be recorded, but this does not change the above statements.

You should treat it as a luxury package rather than regular STR. 

The vast majority of lawsuits against Landlords are for wrongful eviction, security deposit disputes, and Fair Housing Violations.

Neal and Jean-Marc were supposed to secure construction funds.

Do you have any suggestions on how we can secure long-term financing under these circumstances?