But as mentioned even this plan will probably double your interest expenses. 

As others have mentioned, there are those that are a bit vague and never truly reveal what their equity/stake is in a syndication.

A few things they mentioned were solar partners, pool company partners, roofing partners, etc.

The scope/work you were mentioning about just insulating, finishing, and making it nice would definitely be permitted, as long as the City doesn't decide to come back with a comment saying "Our records indicat this porch is an Open porch, please provide existing photographs"...

(As mentioned, it doesn’t matter how long you hold a flip, it’s still regular tax rate, it’s inventory in your real estate selling business, not an investment.)

I just bought my first property last month and while waiting to get some cash from it, I was thinking this could be a good investment opportunity.

Then how long would you be willing to wait till the rents catches up with the mortgage?

Obviously, we don’t expect this magnitude of crisis to return any time soon.Reason #2 is that high interest rates are causing some buyers to step back, with others choosing to wait for more favorable interest rates.

The program had a very small sample size as there weren't many participants + as you mentioned, renovation/conversion costs were extremely high for landlords.For your question, an architect would be a great contact.

.- Marketing for Gurus as mentioned in the other post, many gurus use this as an opportunity to try to sell expensive courses.