Quote from @Xavien Rafael: Year 1: Building the FoundationThis year is all about setting up your structure, building your business credit, and laying the groundwork for funding and scaling.1.Open Your LLC:•File your first LLC and elect to file as an S-Corp (if applicable to your tax situation).

Value add ( do you want to do reno/raise rents), or stabilized (income producing, lower maintenance). 

I can build a 1,000 sq ft cabin including land  and holding costs for about 350k or so and the cabin will appraise out for about 500k to 525k and will produce gross rents in year 2 between 50k to 60k.

If an asset is throwing off a certain yield that is not commiserate with it's risk, then investors will then begin paying more for that asset, thus decreasing it's yield....or start paying less for the asset which would increase it's yield, until it was at the proper risk/return rate to produce the yield that is truly reflective of it's risk.The problem is novice real estate investors get the risk/reward correlation backwards.

Review the quality of the tenant base (do they have a history of paying on time, what were the original screening criteria, do they have applications on file).

As someone who deals and talks to real Private Lenders (small shops run by a guy who lends his own capital and doesn't use big box), they have a hard and fast business model that produces the rate of return they need to remain profitable and curb the risk on their cash.So the best product for a budding fix and flip investor is the bridge loan which includes acquisition money and construction money. 

Basically all rentals, even ones owned under LLC, come up during loan DD as long as you file them under one tax return as personal, that was what happened to me earlier.  

@Lauren CartmellWhen selling a tenant-occupied property, it’s best to work with an investor-friendly realtor who specializes in investment properties and has access to income-producing buyers.

So I approached the foreclosed upon owner this week to confirm that she had sold her right of redemption... she confirmed.But the investor has not filed the petition for redemption.And of course the court has not approved the sale.I am bummed about losing the deal.  

As a seller, I have sold properties/filed properties to tenant buyers using lease options.