Right now I own 3 cash-flowing rentals, I am 10 days away from closing on a flip as well and have begun marketing for deals in an effort to ramp up my portfolio as rapidly as possible.I guess the question, despite the title, isn't whether or not to LLC--it seems inevitable--but HOW and WHEN and what are the implications?

We are going to price out replacing windows vs. how much time would be needed to restore them and weight the values of those to make a decision on the windows, but I believe we are leaning towards replacing on that front, as the highest selling properties have all replaced. 

Meanwhile the property appreciates rapidly due to the revitalization happening in the neighborhood, I've forced appreciation, and maximizing my incomes on the unit(s)...Thanks for your thoughts.

Id say its not that common industry wide, we just have minimums since we cant carry dead weight with all the employees we have working here.  

Plisen is great and appreciating rapidly...good luck with your investment!

It's south of Grand Rapids, MI, and near Caledonia, MI.  

A quality contractor is worth their weight in gold.B Hard Money Lenders1) Do HML typically finance 100% of a deal or do they want 10% down?

If you see another RE market that you like better for investments for one reason or another AND you have the geographic flexibility to move there first AND it is somewhere you would actually want to live, then by all means, I'd advise moving their first to house hack ... having said that, I will also say that if you learn and know what you are doing, you can find great deals and make great money investing in RE in any market in the US, so of those criteria mentioned above, I'd more heavily weight living somewhere you would enjoy living.

Income and debt are just opposite ends of a scale: put your money on the side with the greater weight (aka: rate).

He's just as dedicated as I am, and we're both climbing the ladder to success at a rapid pace.