There are lots of hard money options (or maybe not "lots" but not too uncommon) with no appraisal required - that makes the offer equivalent to cash (closing within a couple days and no appraisal contingency - its out there)The lender still has to ok the deal, appraisal or not.

To achieve this, I’m planning to scale rapidly by performing a couple of syndications to acquire a larger portfolio.I currently have a portfolio of 17 properties, but to justify labor costs and create a sustainable structure, I need to expand quickly.

brand=CMP&a...The owners of these lots should have gotten their money back by now.

@Chrissy Smyth, just a couple comments:1.

Hi, I'm looking into potentially putting a couple of rental properties into an LLC, more from a liability standpoint than anything else.

It takes a couple of calls to schedule, then they pay the invoice.

I'm a Realtor with a couple properties listed in Boise, ID and a neighboring town for my investor/client that are currently rented as co-living or rent-by-the-room and getting killer income. (7.3% - 9.5% Cap rate) So far, every inquiry has been baffled by the concept of co-living or rent-by-the-room and immediately ask if they're being run as a halfway-house (which they are not).

Couple this with the fact that values are appreciating (even in the interior neighborhoods) and it becomes a great opportunity all the way around.  

Disclosure: StudentHello, I went to the first intro a couple of years ago and it has been an amazing experience.

This can lower your tax bracket potentially and you earn interest on the income you would have normally paid Uncle Sam.10) At the close of escrow, move funds outside of the taxable estate to avoid the 40% estate tax on amounts over $11M single or $22M married couple.