Even if it takes longer to pay off, having a steady, reliable tenant might actually be less stressful than managing an STR.FYI - consider starting with a regular rental but structuring it as a 6-12 month lease.

Those other probs have now gone away plus I'm making a lot more dough from my regular work/day job these days.

I would recommend to look into something more powerful for business/corporate usage.Section C is not my expertise, but I would recommend to follow  the law and have strong security policy such as minimum password requirements and regular changes.To end this on a positive note, Cybersecurity is slowly moving to the forefront of business thinking and it's taken more seriously now than 10, 20 years ago.

You need to rewrite the entire policy.If it was insured as a rental under your personal name, then transferred to an LLC, the insurance carrier would pay covered claims.*** Please note, the claim check would be made out to the Named Insured (your personal name), not the LLC.  

I can get regular financing, but was attempting to keep myself liquid for the renos. 

Digital gold/currency already sounds crazy as is but maybe they know something regular folks don't. 

are any of these regular tax deed sales?

In one deal referenced the poster highlights a major potential conflict of interest as Capella supposedly used an appraisal generated by the borrowers without disclosing this to investors, who later invested $3.9M to finish a luxury home Capella claimed was 80% complete.

Or just regular buyers? 

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