Unfortunately she wanted an arm and a leg for the downtown commercial property and the country multi family had a driveway that was too steep for me to consider with our winters and was in a bad spot.

I usually explain it as an octopus with a parent company (head) and many lower level LLCs (the legs). 

I have a track record of why it went down with dealing with two broken legs over the last two years with a few surgeries in between and can show proof of all my surgeries etc.

I recognize comparing ratios of LTR and STR is comparing apples to oranges, but a property that was purchased for $375K had STR rent in 2019 of ~$160K (no matter that it is an apples to oranges comparison, the numbers make it clear this was a homerun purchase).Learn your options on how to acquire RE in CA for little out of pocket.BTW my initial protege I believe started in 2015. 

Orange County.

You’ll cover the split fees and do the leg work for them.  

He said it is "nearly impossible" to get a good interest rate by purchasing through an LLC and that it will take an "arm and a leg" to get the deal closed.

If this got legs, this could send meaningful numbers your way.

I've done some of the leg work for a client who had contacts in PR and talked to some folks (looking into investing in PR).

Don’t get hung up.Since 2010 we’ve been lending our hard-earned money to experienced house flippers in Los Angeles and North Orange County, CA.