First my products do not cost $7K.Second:You are willing to spend $300K+ on a crappy house hoping to fix it up by spending an other $200K on it hoping to make a $60K profit after 6 months to a year,  But the thought of spending $7K to make continuous $100K+ profits with far lower risk, with all the proof shown, evergreen forever getting you these deals for free makes you cower in fear.Silly don't you think?

They made some excuses that because production wasn't really down much and unemployment was still low that it wasn't a recession but I think that was bogus.

The problem isn't food production, it is food waste.

Somalia has over 40 million livestock and almost zero feed pellet production.

Reason being - conventional financing is way more favorable compare to FHA when it comes to competing offers.Fannie/Freddie is offering a 5% down conventional loan product on owner occupied small multifamily properties as of Nov 2023.

Stellar, I've been Army for a few years now and the VA loan is the best loan product available to buy a home. 

In my example, you are insured to replace the HIGHER quality product what was in the house before it was damaged.

Renting to your mother would make it an investment property and eligible for a 1031 exchange.There is no statutory requirement for income production to make a property eligible for a 1031 exchange.  

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Better quality product, better installation, and making relationships is invaluable if you plan to scale.