There is a condo that is under my primary residence, (up down condo, townhouse set up), that I wanted to buy for a while.

I would say look for a hard money lender actually - you won’t need to verify income or anything, they usually care most about the deal itself and this deal seems like it has great potential also when you’re starting out, it’s going to be difficult finding private money fast and they’re not going to trust you as much so their rate will be higher, hard money lenders at that point have the same rates as them!

You have to have the personal protection either way, at which point the LLC is less important.An accountant once warned me to be careful about using the LLC to manage the properties if they are not owned by the LLC because it could potentially trigger taxable events. 

Some international investors just want to park their money, don't trust the stock market, and don't seem to care about ROI.

If you're not careful, you can have your entire gain converted into non-exchangeable ordinary income. 

Something has to give: your RE side hustle, your regular job, or your family.

Primary residence is valued at $1.8m with 10 years and $400K left on a 1.875% 15 year fixed rate mortgage.

For additional context, we don't think there much leverage in our primary residence as the LTV is 80%.Does anyone have any suggestions on how we could leverage our investment property?

Investment Info:Single-family residence buy & hold investment.

It's a fantastic way to grow your portfolio while deferring taxes, but it requires careful planning and adherence to IRS rules.