If you’re close to $150,000 in AGI, a few ways you can bring that down AGI is by maxing out a 401k traditional ($23k for 2024 tax year), maxing out your HSA ($4,150 for 2024 tax year), and if you have any capital losses from stocks (up to $3k per year), I would encourage you to have great bookkeeping to ensure you’re capturing all of your deductions appropriately on your rental property.

I've been interested in this type of investment and I'm guessing this is sort of different, since it's not secured by real estate which seems like the more traditional way to do it. 

I do not recall any other fees or charges outside of traditional closing costs and they were easy to work with and communicated very well. 

STRs are difficult for a traditional LTR PMC to properly manage!

But if you look into their marketing, socials, Youtube, IG, past sales record on Zillow and stuff you can see if they really are in the investment space or if they work with traditional homeowners.

It felt like a no-brainer for the value of the land, but being able to utilize a traditional mortgage because there was a clean yet simple 3 bed 2 bath house on the lot made the deal even sweeter!

Most of the guys I know of that are really doing a lot of work outside of traditional routes are so busy they don't have time to come around here and toot their horns. 

If the plan is to live in the property, a traditional hard money bridge loan will not work.

Most of the "traditional sources" have been flooded with buyers who are overpaying for assets.  

Underwriting will assess the performance and appraisal of the property based on traditional long-term rental comps.