What are other ways investors are pursuing financing outside of traditional financing for SFR's?

If you have a traditional IRA You don't pay any taxes until you take the money or property out of the Ira.

My first post wasn't meant to be a platform for Russell Brazil to defend his investment choices, it was meant to be about introducing what I am trying to do. 2) The fluctuation I am referring to is the job market.

I may consider using traditional financing If I can...  

Everything in our lives is a reflection of our choices.

My feeling is if you have a choice try to be on one of the coasts for fun and beauty and try to get in the southern half of the state.

There are some solid older neighborhoods with those colonial traditional homes, but they aren't really rental properties.

If your traditional retirement vehicles amount to about 10% of what you want your total mortgage balances to be, you're fine no matter what. $1,000,000 in mortgage debt * 6% = $60,000 = $100k in 401k/IRA * 60%.For everyone else, it matters how many financed properties you have. $400k in debt across five properties will have higher reserve requirements than $700k in debt across four properties. 

I've lived in the neighborhood close to 10 years now and, perhaps naively, thought that even if the investment metrics didn't show that it were a stellar choice, the location might serve to make it worthwhile given the demand and momentum which exists in RE here locally.The analysis below shows how things look for both 15yr and 30yr financing, and I'm curious to know how people weigh that choice.

I've been researching some lending from either private or traditional but I can't decide what is a better route.