Due to being a non-recourse loan (no personal guarantee) the loan-to-value is lower and rate is higher for banks to mitigate their riskLet me know if you want to talk about this more in detail.My contact information is in my profile.Looking forward to hearing from you!

Sometimes prepaid rent should be taken as a hard-no, but if you are able to otherwise qualify the candidate and prepayment is used as additional risk mitigation, I say go for it.

Just not keen on that market long term unless I lived there and could get smoking deals to mitigate property tax's Hail damage and foundation issues.

There are state by state rules that can have different effects on your estate planning and risk mitigation plans.All of this to say that there could be specific reasons for the recommendations made by your CPA, but we are not privy to your particular circumstances.

So looking for tax exemptions like Agriculture or other to mitigate that exposure.   

I thought this was great and ready to funnel money in the stock market into real estate as a more sound investment.After viewing a few of the properties, checking them out on Zillow, checking surrounding houses and their prices many times they offered it to me 5-10k above market value in the area and while after 1-2 years of cash flow would mitigate the initial loss looked like there wasn't be much equity building in the area it was pretty flat.I already have a plan in my head, I want to make equity going into the deal and have cash flow after. 

The single best way to mitigate your down side risk is to buy at the very top of the food chain  IE A class with a sprinkle of B.. but I have had an A class home I owned totally trashed by a tenant as well.

But it takes a lot of research, risk mitigation and sometimes cash to do .  

Start off small and mitigate your risk on the front end (i.e., if I can't sell this house for what I want, I wouldn't mind living in it, or I can afford to rent it) and have someone good with figures look over your deal. 

kind of like wholesalers putting their flyers in Rest Homes LOL.I think most rentals that you can drive do mitigate much of the risk no doubt.. and some of these areas have this high rent to low cost ratios.. sounds like you have a nice little investment area and niche product.