Not only do you need to trust the fund of funds manager is not going to steal your money, but also the group that they then invest in is also not going to steal your money.But at the end of the day, my issue with most fund of funds is, they simply don't offer any value and likely are dilutive to the underlying investment.  

There's been so much interest in real estate investing and the success stories on podcasts and in books - most of which were achieved over the last decade - give people the real estate "bug" and they often over pay either because they don't know how to run the numbers or because they're just so anxious to get in. I

All-in, I am about $600 negative monthly cash-flow, and the principal balance paydown portion of the mortgage is about $750 per month. 

About a year ago I stayed in Saint Thomas at a short term rental and the property had a two car garage and an apartment below it that the “care taker” lived in. I

Conventional rate would be higher, but you could potentially lose your PMI. 2) What state are you located in? I

Would you mind naming some of the firms he has invested in? I

Quote from @Chris Seveney: @Michael KaminskiIf your existing home is on the market the bank could do a traditional bridge loan which is short term and gives you time to sell your home - just want to make sure you have plenty of equity that when it sells it can pay off that loanWhat state you in ?I

so what really happened is unrealized HTM loss doesn't need to be recorded in the book so they dont have to sell it EXCEPT if there's massive withdraw from customer AKA bank runs.It's the bank run that causing the bank to collapse.So in theory you can avoid issue by saving the money that has the smaller holding of HTM paper or invest in the bank where there're more incoming asset coming-in. I

Before ot is said about potential loss on stocks cashed in. I

Do you know what location/area you are going to start investing in? I