For many of us, it is more secure feeling to have some or all control in a real estate endeavor than to place our money with Wall Street.

There is a 9 unit property on the market that we could acquire if we sold half or all of the current portfolio.

If any or all of the three options still gets you what you want, then move forward.  

Or all they all pretty much just paper pushers?

Some are set up as secured (meaning that if something goes wrong you can foreclose on the physical assets and hope to sell to regain some or all of your original investment) and some aren't.

Come back with some or all of the following. 

And if the LL wrongfully holds any or all of the SD, he or she is liable for 2 times the SD. 

DMF - distress, motivation or flexibility - or all 3.I prefer to always work with HIGHLY motivated people...

using a HELOC for part, or all, of the costs of a BRRRR increases both ( 1 ) the cost, and ( 2 ) the risk.  

I've also had issues between male and females, so I typically try to only have one gender per apartment (either all males or all females).