Eliza,Here is what this sounds like to me:"I've got a business that doesn't throw enough cash for me to do what I want to do.

While some are saying it's impossible to come out with free rent around Austin, I want to see if there might be someone on this site who can help find something that will be incredibly cheap for me (please don't just say it's impossible, thank you).Ideally I'd like to be located within ten miles of 78726 where I work my day job.

Therefore, there aren't too many convincing reasons for me to ask for less than the full 2x as a deposit.

I want the terms to be fair for me and him.

Chicago's market is very expensive (for me at least) and my girlfriend has very expensive taste as well so the cheapest place i have found was 800k for a 4-plex. 

I have a 3bdrm condo in eastern WA that I purchased in 2006 as my primary residence (with the intent to rent when I inevitably left the area), it has been earning rental income for me for ~5 years now.My REI plan is to purchase buy-and-hold MF investment properties to generate cash flow.

So the further away, the more money I have to spend on someone else doing what is simple for me to have done for 1/2 the cost.

I owed $245k on the first mortgage, so they did a $75k HELOC for me.

Last time borrowing conventionally for me!

I was just wondering if it is a wise move to put multiple properties under a company assuming there are tax breaks and benefits.