I have to decide if im going to use a new injection of capital from the sale of my primary residence to:1) Hold in treasury bills at 4.5 percent until I find another property to purchase2) Pay off one of two existing mortgages, one at 3.75 percent and another at 4.5 percent3) Just find something to buy that beats either of those percentages on paper and be done with it4) Possibly loan out some hard money/broker it to a friend to allocateIts never an easy decision, but its a good problem to have.

One is a former primary (we refinanced once while still owner-occupied then transferred into an LLC when we moved out and began renting it, but didn’t have any issues with that one for about 5 years after we moved out).

In some cases they cannot pull the money out because it is now (Non-owner occupant) an investment and their credit union or bank may cap them at 70% or 75% MAX LTV.Nothing wrong wiht putting 10% down on a primary but look at the rates on both 5% and 10% usually when you have PMI built in the rates stay the same.

I agree that Class C is definitely not the way to go unless you are just going to flip the properties to home buyers looking for a primary residence.

After a rough first year where I lost money for 8 months followed by another 4 months of learning how to self manage remotely, I had a great 13th-25th months where we have kept the placed booked, kept it profitable, and largely reinvested into the property.Here is the question though-  to buy the first property, my wife and I used a HELOC on our primary and used that for the downpayment on a new property,  for the furniture, appliances, etc, and all of the other little costs that go into getting going.  

You can take yourself out or severely set yourself back if things go awry.I've bounced around the investment mortgage industry for 5 years. 

When I'm investing in trust deeds - my primary concern is the safety of the principal.

.• Primary residence: A 2-bed, 2.5-bath townhouse purchased in 2020 with a 2.75% interest rate.

One would be when you have a primary home and its listed on MLS (for sale) and the bank gives you the cash out until the home sells and the loan is set up for 12 to 18 months.

This is where we will go back to your primary goal (Owning a cool property that you use sometimes vs. a pure investment property).