Leverage JV/Equity/Mezz on your projects, either by leveraging the existing properties and cashflow, and putting a second on those, or bringing on the JV/Mezz financing on the New Acquisitions/new buildsAlternatively, finding another private investor locally to you who has additional capital or other offerings to help you scale could be the ticket as well! 

Here are the details:Bought in 2015Owes - $45kNeeds additional $20-25k as a down payment on the new house for equity.Rate - 6.125% (Adjustable Rate Mortgage) Max is 8%PITI - roughly $700/monthHouse is in great condition so no rehabAsking $175,000, could sell on market for $220-230kRents - $1400-1600How would one structure this deal?

Unless your going to buy the land at deeply discounted value off-market and then have it appraised.

Additionally, these attract a lot of inexperienced buyers who started in the single family or four plex space who are trying to go bigger. 

Usually you can add additional support and fix this problem but I did run into one house where there was a single center support running through the middle of the house that was entirely rotted and the only way to get a new support of the appropriate length in would have been to take out a portion of the basement and first floor walls.

FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTIONS:1.1 Party 1 Responsibilities:Party 1 shall contribute to the partnership for the down payment, closing costs, and construction costs for renovations and additions.1.2 Party 2 Responsibilities:Party 2 shall independently pay the mortgage until both properties are rented, oversee construction and renovation, manage both rentals, and handle bookkeeping during construction.2.

They monitor the meters remotely, and send you and the resident a statement on the 1st of each month with the resident’s W/S/T usage and charges for the previous month.I use their Model TSN1 - PVC Meter which currently costs $95 each.Each building also needs at least one router which currently costs $195.If you have your meters in a centralized location, you only need one router but if the meters are scattered throughout the building, you may need multiple .There’s a monthly $6 fee per unit for the monitoring and invoicing.If you decide to give it a try, feel free to use discount code msam10 for a 10% discount.If you have any questions or comments feel free to reach out to me directly.And if you need to buy a building to put Sub-Meters in, I’m happy to chat about that as well 🙂

Debt if used responsibly is a valuable tool but to say debt will always multiply returns is the wrong message to spread in these forums where there's a ton of readers who are inexperienced investors and will fall for the trap of following your flawed approach to originating debt.If you need additional help understanding how debt works in real estate, please send me a DM and I would be happy to help you out.

Additionally, my area has an abundance of 4-family properties in those in-between areas where a would-be house hacker can benefit from the four rental income streams (instead of just two if they bought a duplex) in order to help stay within the DTI requirements. 

In addition to considering what lenders opinions might be (currently Fannie and Freddie don't want to see any more than 10% of units being STRs but not sure about LTSs).