It's a recipe for disaster, no matter the financing vehicle.

Self directed are a great investment vehicle.

The type of RE investment is the vehicle the money rides.2 - "...to combat risk..."         

You see this mentioned in use by auto, tech, medical research ect. where they say a vehicle costs 20K to produce and 10K in R&D but was sold for 10K in 'net' profit.

I have in the lease that no abandoned or unregistered vehicles should be stored at the property.

She is using that as a vehicle to say she doesn't want to do this.

Places I'm looking: - New Bedford (they're building a commuter rail)- Fall River (Amazon built a facility)- Greenfield (Cool spot and decent location)- Worcester (Great triple-deckers)- Springfield Things I do know: - Good deals are hard to find right now, but not impossible - MA laws are tricky and tenant-focused, but with scrupulous tenant screening, I will be fine.- Multifamilies are hard to come by in Plymouth, Middleboro, etcHonestly, any advice would be so greatly appreciated!

I recommend using Navy Federal, they have a good HELOC vehicles.

For commercial retail shopping center kind of investment, is great VPD (vehicles per day) in a smaller city (Tucson MSA) better than a not so good VPD (Phoenix MSA) in a big city?

@Stephanie Blair you should be focusing on the asset (the property) and less on the vehicle.