My street is pretty peaceful, lots of families.

The lawyer says he is pretty confident but since he has not read the entire lease, he says he can review it at additional cost if needed.

Pretty much any regular bank / lender is going to require themselves to be in first position on all the properties... so I don't think a HELOC type solution is going to work across multiple properties with multiple lenders.  

He is obviously doing very well as a STR host but his mentorship is pretty expensive for not having much of an online presence. 

I suspect if someone contests could be longer.I also think once you go to mediation this will get worked out pretty quick mediators if you get a good one do a nice job putting these deals together..

In the current market, it's pretty much impossible to have any positive cash flow in the 2-4 unit space with long term rentals, unless you're putting ~40-50% down, not only focused on the cash flow per se, but rather simply not being in the negative.

Even the 3400 would be pretty amazing if you could swing it.The bottom line is what a place like that would bring.

After dealing with my share of older rental properties, I have pretty much decided I only want new builds from now on. 

With actual cash, you just transfer it. yes, but you can still bid with lender approval - without appraisal contingency - you send in deal (app), it gets approved by lender its functionally the same as cash (except in true lightning speed situations where there is a quick auction with little time to prep but thats generally pretty rare I'd think)Right, but that's not cash or functionally the same as cash because the lender can change the terms at the last minute, as often happens with less experienced hard money lenders.

Some cities like Longview seem pretty strong, but other cities are dying.