Who cares about lifetime interest costs, except to the extent you can easily lower them (refinance to a lower interest rate) to increase your cashflow.

Two things are certain, 1) taxes are lower today than they've ever been in the past 80 years. 2) they are certain to be higher in the future.We should all be focused on paying the lowest “lifetime tax bill” not the “lowest tax bill this year”.By paying 20% and settling up my long-term capital gains is not a bad deal.

Is it lower risk than flipping, rehabbing, or owning a property leveraged at 65%+ LTV?

Which you want to lower?

Every market in residential zoning has an expiration date, we just don't know what it is yet.The obvious solution is to buy in already regulated areas with tourist/commercial zoning.The returns are lower, but at least they can't go to zero overnight.

In many ways, it is "lower risk".But the not as altruistic side is: most syndicators, even those with $2bn+ portfolios, don't have the track record length to attract institutional capital.  

Loan To Value (LTV) will be lower than it would be as a US citizen.

This implies residential units can be built at lower costs and provide better return than building a single ADU.11) adding an ADU to SFH can make the SFH fall under rent control.

The median home price in Milwaukee went up 8.2% in 2024 - and I had to do nothing but wait, compared to a 4 month major construction job.So yeah: BRR(hold) and maybe refinace at some point if/when rates get lower

Have a few arms due in about 5 years..those I will finance to fixed rate as rates lower.