The money that you end up owing to repay the loan over the 5 year term is now post income tax money unlike how you traditionally are supplying your 401k with pre-tax money.  

Your decision to lease this property for short periods is what makes this a short term rental property, not the property itself.

These platforms are run by techies with no investing experience.  

But even if you hit a home run and grow 30%, that is $7500.

Turn on any home renovation show, and you’ll see investors turning run-down properties into stunning dream homes—selling them for a hefty profit.

I am planning to BRRRR in DET and do turn-key up here as we are so short on labor. 

Hey Jimmy- I'd be happy to discuss how things are in Beech and what the short term rental market looks like.

I'll be 45 next month.option A) Kiyosaki Model: Don't sell and run either long term or short term rentals through it for a year to show income on the property than pull a $300k mortgage on it to build another house in the same neighborhood... repeatoption B)  Ramsey Model, Sell it for $600k.

Quote from @Timothy Fortin: Hey Bigger Pockets - I'm looking for some advice on how to provide comps to a hard money lender for 2 townhomes I'm building in New Hanover County, NC. 

Assuming these are for short-term loans, such as for flips, @Keith Groshans, you could do what we do and let the borrower keep the money and pay everything when they sell the property.