How many properties have you seen in person during these years you've been looking, but not buying? 

FHA loans follow very strict guidelines when it comes to property condition.

I use a schedule E and do not have an LLC or business name, so can I purchase the vehicle under my personal name and take section 179?

Speak with lenders - and consider that although they might agree they could lend to you today - they might not be able to when you need the loan.Unless the existing debt has no due-on-sale provision, there will always be a risk of the underlying loan being called.If it were to be called due:1.

One powerful tool that can help investors secure better loan terms is asset utilization—especially when the DSCR (Debt-Service Coverage Ratio) is under 1.🔹 How It Works:If your rental income falls short of covering your mortgage (PITI), you can use liquid assets to supplement your income.

Structuring Financing for Volume-Based InvestingTraditional financing methods like hard money loans work well for single properties but can be less efficient when you're scaling up.

We also have many unique buyer incentives where an investor can get up to a 10% price reduction to come into immediate equity, or get that 10% as a cash back at closing to reduce your down payment and increase your ROI, or buy rates down into the low 4s on 30yr loans to maximize cash flow.

The idea of debt-free is that if a person is going to retire and has to completely depend on the income, they don't want a severe recession surprising them and causing them to default on the debt and losing the properties.In a normal world, I would do that as well.

Personally, I've bought older homes since I invest in mobile homes myself.

Preforeclosure owner finance wrap, paid off the default payments and taxes with cash and assumed the owners loan.