@Hank Bank BRRRR is probably want you want to do.Buy, Renovate, Rent, Refi, Repeat.Before you go all in and either find out you don't like being a landlord or you make costly mistakes, start with just the next one.You'll have some challenges with tapping the equity in the townhouse:1) What loan amount can you qualify with your credit & income?

Hey Patrick, This would be a DSCR loan.

Under "Start a Business", choose "Limited Liability Company" and follow the directions.

Please stop asking us for "the best" zip codes to invest in.Detroit has around 183 Residential Neighborhoods - wouldn't it be nice if "some proprety mangagement company" Classified them all as A, B, C, or D on an interactive map that real estate investors could use to make better decisions?

If you close with a conventional loan, it will need to be in your personal name.

Its a tiny loan for any institution.You'll have to get hard bids from a local GC, but maybe $110/ft?

With insurance companies canceling policies and raising rates has anyone uncovered a way to self insure rental properties?  

I almost exclusively sell bank foreclosures for a large asset management company, and I also do a lot of marketing for wholesale deals.

Hey Adam,I’ve been in the Tampa real estate game for 20 years as an investor and owner of a property management company.

In fact, the title companies and attorneys I've dealt with during the foreclosure process were also surprised by their incompetence.