The first thing you do is anticipate what the max impact is if the interest hits the max, and prepare for that when you buy the property.Since that ship has sailed, one option is to pay down the principle, but that defeats the purpose of cash flow.You say all your loans are commercial, and they have to be for some reason. 

Be prepared to meet other great investors. 

But if you do have a problem, are you prepared to deal with it long distance? 

I say this as an experienced student rental property owner and property manager specializing in student rentals. 

Hey Alexis, I’m an out of state investor specializing in Beaufort.

No attorney review, reviewing title, preparing deed?

I know how detailed and prepared you need to be in order to qualify for a loan so I am proactively trying to get my ducks in a row before the time comes to apply for a loan.I have a question specifically related to how a lender would view seller financed homes.

Unless your site/situation has unique or special circumstances that do not generally apply to similar projects, it may be difficult to successfully argue that you should be allowed to have reduced setbacks when others in similar situations can't.

The biggest tip I can think of : make sure you find a realtor who specializes in working with investors, typically they will have investment properties of their own.

Limited monthly cash flow, but maintain good rate of principle reduction at 15K and say appreciation of property at 2% a year.Shortly after joining the Army I was interested in using both retirement accounts (couldn't contribute to TSP then) and real estate to prepare for the future.