Ultimately, Lawton could be appealing to cash-flow-focused investors comfortable with high-risk, high-reward environments and looking to leverage a reliable rental base tied to Fort Sill.

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You could model out in 10 years that loan balance would be paid down to XX and NOI would be XX.

PM in these parts can be much different AM.These mid-west homes and neighborhoods can be deceiving.

There is always a chance that rates will drop, but I would imagine $25K would buy down the annual rate so significantly that you would never see a lower rate offered by a bank so you wouldn't even think about refinancing.

Your house isn’t just your haven—it can be a financial asset too.

Now, if for whatever reason this was a fair allocation, and the 5-yr property indeed lost 90% of its value while in our hands - then the impressive tax savings they boasted about would be valid as well. 

Going to be interesting to see what sort of impact the new Government's mass deportation policy has on rents and construction costs.  

So he must have already bought the duplex or none of these things could be happening.

Purchase price: $270,000 Cash invested: $20,000 Current residence, will be renting out long term starting March 1st, 2025 What made you interested in investing in this type of deal?