That begs the question are you seeing similar in your markets with either single family homes existing or new construction?

Your questions about buying an out of state LLC through a website with 100 popups does not go with "commercial and multi family property" acquisition.

Hi Dana, my family has enjoyed staying in nearby Twain Harte, and Long Barn.  

Jeff makes up repeated excuses and strange reasons as to why he can't/won't pay (i.e. family emergency, bank is rejecting wires, software/website is buggy, telling investors to go "f*ck their mother").I'm in a group with 30 other investors who were also scammed by him. 

Hi Brad,It looks like you had lots of great answers already, but I wanted to chime in with my two cents.Using Traditional IRA funds for a down payment on a single-family home (SFH) investment property can be tricky because the IRS has specific rules regarding retirement accounts and real estate investments.

My question is, when you are looking to partner with someone to fund the down payment, what is the best way to find a partner without going to family/friends?

I’m mostly interested in multi family homes (using the Brrr method).

I have also run the scenario of putting extra principle payments into the conventional mortgage, but we cannot put away as much, because we have to bank for large purchases down the road.This spreadsheet takes into account that my wife takes a drop in income in the next few years to care for babies (growing family), also factors in major expenses on the rental property, and assumes that we have 10% rate on the HELOC to be conservative. 

Similar to OP, same plan stuck between multi family or STR. 

This time from "Suzy", who tells me she is the agent for a certain Lorrie Morgan, and Lorrie and her family were to be staying at the cabin.