Like the one whose dog was ripping apart my house and during the lease she refused to constrain her “beast”

I was recently involved in a thread where the OP was almost radical in her dedication to her short-term $savings at the expense of long term gain, and yet was bemoaning having had a mentally unstable tenant turn vicious on her.If you "face the beast" you must expect to be battered mercilessly at some point.

I am a skeptic - don’t want to contribute to people becoming victims.I am still seeing “real estate investor looking for trainee” pirate signs around different towns - no idea whether it’s Renatus.Are you making money with Renatus by doing real estate deals that you would not do otherwise?

He was attacked by pirates, both he and his dog were shot. 

A 6 month season on this property wouldn’t be the end of the world, as we’ll be working to increase rents, etc to increase the property value before a refi (likely 12-18 month process); however, it would be great to hit an 80% LTV  (instead of 70% LTV) on the exit side of things to cash out myself and all private money 100% after the value add.On this deal, I’m assuming the CD balance is eligible for refinance, since it’s a lien on the property; however, in order to make the 20% down payment eligible as well, should that be recorded as a 2nd lien at the time of closing, or is commercial more flexible/a different beast?

I find it’s tough to bring California (the Bay Area) in on the conversation because it’s such a different beast from most markets and people have been conditioned to look down on California from what they’ve heard online.

Seattle is definitely a beast when it comes to small MF.Have you branched out to Snohomish, Skagit, and Pierce counties in your search?

Tax foreclosures are a different beast.

I have been investing in Miami Dade County area, so i can't talk for the rest of FL that is a different beast, county by county, so I give you my point of view of Miami.The key point is which type condo are we talking about: newer >2010 condo, old condos, in key growth areas or not.Data, as always, speaks: condo sales ares slowing down, overall Miami is close to be a Buyer market overall (it is already a Buyer's market in many zip codes...), while appreciation is on average +5.5YoY.

Most clients don't want to pay that way though because the nature of the beast is at the end of the day they most likely are ending up paying for nothing.