The operating company takes on all of the liability that would otherwise blow back on you including: paying property management, paying contractors, collecting rent, marketing, etc.

The key downside to this repayment schedule is that the borrower is paying interest every month, based on the entire loan amount (including the amount being held in reserve for rehab draws), even if no draws have been taken yet.

that we’ve learned in our 24 years, managing almost 700 doors across the Metro Detroit area, including almost 100 S8 leases.

And that's not including any kind of margin.

This has included taking a property that was getting very run down and remodeling.  

there are more than a few of us who have had this happen to us here on BP.. myself included.

@Christopher Mooney NOI is Gross Receipts - Expenses...including Property Taxes/Interest/Insurance, etc.Income tax is based on the NOI less depreciation.

Industry still looks at STR as a bit riskier than LTR cause there's no lease.Lots of investors use bridge loans which are short term loan programs that include funding toward the acquisition plus funding toward the rehab. 

p16  "Salzano used this money, much of which was traceable to Fund investors, for an array of lavish personal expenses, including erectile dysfunction medications, expensive dinners, extravagant birthday parties, and payments to Individual-4 (Salzano’s wife), Individual-5 (with whom Salzano had a romantic relationship), and Individual-7 (Salzano’s ex-wife), none of whom worked at NRIA in any capacity."

Moreover, other investment strategies are worth exploring if you are predominantly interested in high-yield cash flow; these include rent-by-the-room (which Josh and I are well-versed in), short-term rentals, and medium-term rentals.