Concepts like sub-to agreements or leasing to STR operators sound appealing but require careful consideration of the risks involved.

Other KPIs and considerations you should evaluate when talking to any lender who offered private placement of loans/notes are historic default rate, how quickly they can place your funds (do you get preference over their income funds, for example), average interest rate - borrower note rate and what is passed through to you, are loans serviced by a 3rd party servicer or in house.

I'm in a small town so the people aspect is a huge consideration. 

I believe you can if but they’re are some considerations.

I’m giving serious consideration to converting into a PadSplit.However, I have heard that Fort Worth (the city, Tarrant County, the faceless boogey man…) has issues with PadSplit whereas Dallas County is supportive.I would love to hear about your experiences between the two markets and if Fort Worth can be viable for PadSplit and anything I should be mindful of?

HUD loans will take drastically longer (I've never used one personally), but there can be benefits to using these loans if you're a long-term owner.The interest rates in your Key Considerations seem very low for agency loans and they're definitely low for bridge loans. 

Legal Entity Considerations: Should I hold my rental properties in an LLC or trust for liability and tax benefits, or does it not make a difference for me?

Fairbanks offers a unique market with its own set of considerations.

You've given me some solid pointers/items to take into consideration for future deal analysis, so thank you for that.

Self managed HOAs are usually undercapitalized so you want to take a thorough review of the condition of the community to make sure there isn’t deferred maintenance because you might get hit with a special assessment if the board isn’t setting aside cash for those capital improvements.At face value, taking into consideration my typical financial objectives, I wouldn’t do this deal unless it was a much lower price.