My main question is whether it makes more sense to go the seller financing route and pay off the principal in 8–10 years or stick with a standard 30-year loan.My thinking is that the tax deductions from a mortgage wouldn’t outweigh the potential equity I could gain over those 8–10 years.

Everything was progressing smoothly until I met the appraiser to provide access to the property.Right away, I sensed something was off.

Ideally, I’d stick with a single market, but the numbers in Houston didn’t make sense anymore, and I didn’t want to buy another short-term rental.

Hope all of that makes sense but feel free to post with anything else. 

It is pricey and a little hard to make the numbers in my experience, but it is a vast area (S FL in general) so I am sure there are pockets where it makes sense. 

Thats how it makes sense from a business perspective.

With the rental method- you need to ensure that the numbers make sense and that you will be bringing in positive cash flow.

If what you said is correct, it definitely makes sense now (how he teaches and does his training - no experience as a personal student of his).

doesn't make sense to treat the house then throw all the stuff away, and replacing the carpet and repainting the entire house2.

I'm reaching out to Baselane's leadership to put some sense in them about good banking practices and honoring legally bound leases, that they ended by breaking through this action.