It just seems odd to me.

I love the story of your artist friend, honestly it never came to mind to incorporate the two together for a marketing hook!

You send mailers and attached to a mailer is a sample of your latest baby-cow rack of tenderness.You send all these vegans a mailer asking them to buy your baby-cow burgers.Half of your mailers get returned.Now, do you really think the accuracy of any skip trace company is going to make a difference getting any of your burgers sold?

As an out of state investor, I think STRs are now the way to go.

It was really supposed to be motivational.If you have to.

If you go interest only and have a 5 year balloon the property would need to be worth more than 400k for you to refinance as a lender is going to want 25% equity. 

The seller is not very tech savvy and is going through some life issues so he isn't being very helpful in this.

Best thing to do is buy it as a primary or second home and then transition out into a rental. 

Lot rents are going for $350 and POH is $650

We purchased 133.7 acres January 20th of 2024, we then proceeded to subdivide 4 building lots, ( two 10 acre lots,  and two 2 acre lots)  which included costs associated with septic testing,  survey & subdivision, and property maintenence required to market the building lots.