As interest rates shift, your low cost loan will “add” value to your investment, even more so if it is assumable (which most single family residential loans are technically not).

The contracts/insurance requirements that have been designed to shift the Liability away from the Association and onto the Plow Company.  

I was approached by a startup backed by an institutional investor that offered me an interesting financing deal for investing together in new properties and I'm not sure if it's a good deal: - They will provide a very cheap hard money loan - 85% of the purchase + rehab price for 3% APR (so for a house I can buy for $100K + $30K rehab I get $110K at 3%)- They then provide guaranteed refinancing after the rehab covering 80% of the property at 4% (so assuming the value increased to $160K, I get $128K mortgage at 4%, essentially taking back most of the equity) - In return they want 40% of the property (so 40% of the net cash flow (after financing and operating costs) and 40% of the net value after the sale)I'd love to hear your thoughts - on one hand I will only need very little equity upfront and I'd be able to take back most of it (and maybe more if I get a good deal on the property), and the mechanism is easy, streamlined, and like an "auto pilot".

But I have shifted and the rentals I have now are a business and I treat it like that. 

So my priorities have shifted to helping them facilitate the purchase of the house they are under contract on and to help them move when they close on the property.

Through physical and operational improvements, you can increase the value of the property by increasing NOI.Most value-add syndicators look for opportunities to capture appreciation through capital improvements or through streamlining known operational inefficiencies with current owners. 

Once they stop using it, often they shift to long term or sell.Hopefully, it helps.PS!

The market is pricing in the additional income opportunity and lack of risk as a premium on price which in the event things do shift, I will be left holding the bag as I have overpaid. 

In doing so, we are in the process of developing a good system of go-to templates and processes in order to streamline.  1) What have been some must-have cogs as a part of your deal-flow machine (for my excel lovers). 

I am wondering if anyone would be able to guide me on the best software to use and or if there are any others out there.Ideally I want the best property management application to streamline the process of being a landlord but also want a in depth tenant screening.