But now he is staying so we decided to play the cat card, and told him that per his lease pets not allowed and if he would like to keep it we will need to amend his lease to include additional $100 pet rent plus collect additional security deposit.

Tax benefits with or without an LLC are effectively the same.The best protection starts with 1) ensuring your property is in good condition 2) following the law 3) having good insurance, possibly including an umbrella.  

I've included an example below to help illustrate this.So different lenders have different rates (which do vary even for DSCR loans) but these are factors they all consider.See example below:DSCR < 1Principal + Interest = $1,700Taxes = $350, Insurance = $100, Association Dues = $50Total PITIA = $2200Rent = $2000DSCR = Rent/PITIA = 2000/2200 = 0.91Since the DSCR is 0.91, we know the expenses are greater than the income of the property.DSCR >1Principal + Interest = $1,500Taxes = $250, Insurance = $100, Association Dues = $25Total PITIA = $1875 Rent = $2300DSCR = Rent/PITIA = 2300/1875 = 1.23DSCR lenders generally let you vest either individually or as an LLC.

In theory we could buy a house with him and rent it for ten years and break even, pay the debt down, build credit, and later maybe he lives there.

Almost everyone here on BP will tell you that they wish they had started earlier, myself included.4.

Provide them with a list of properties that you have flipped in the past including dates, addresses, amounts, outcomes, etc.

I thought about including our umbrella but didn't want it to cause confusion.

However after all the work thats required which includes landscape, parking lot, fencing lighting and interior/exterior work, it looks like the presumed cost of remodeling it will be double that, although Im not positive (still taking bids).Ive priced a comparable property in our area which has similar square footage and lot size and they seem to be going between $700-800k, and so my question is: based on a higher than expected construction cost which is necessary to finish our project, one which will exceed the amount of money of what a similar property goes for in our neighbrhood, should I continue with this project, or an alternative plan would be to simply beautify it for approximately 100-150k and ditch the plans, and flip it instead for approximately 700-800k now that its zoned commercial.My fear is that if I do invest the moneys to finish the project over the budget I initially priced it for, and the business doesnt take off, I would initially lose money on this investment.Thank you for taking the time reading this.

BP’s team has let me know that I may not attach full third party market reports due to my business phone number which appears on the market reports, so I have parsed some of the market data from them to include in this post along with data from the MLS which was pulled on 4/17/2024. 

In general, you want the property to at least break even by the time you move out and it is fully rented.