@Brandon Bryant welcome to BP, being single gives you the flexibility to house hack, which means you can live in your home and rent out rooms and/or make improvements over time to achieve or increase cash flow/value.

Having said that, what I really like about raising private money is how flexible the money is with regards to payment terms, interest rates, points, and payback schedule.  

Investing offers so much flexibility for mom's - and can be such a teaching tool for the kids. 

The drop-in usage would allow more flexibility and more streams of income than relying on the typical rental contract.  

A third example would be if a small company wanted to host a conference meeting but did not have the space in their office, instead of renting a large room at a hotel, they could utilize the conference space in the virtual office for a small fee.The drop-in usage would allow more flexibility and more streams of income than relying on the typical rental contract.

A third example would be if a small company wanted to host a conference meeting but did not have the space in their office, instead of renting a large room at a hotel, they could utilize the conference space in the virtual office for a small fee.The drop-in usage would allow more flexibility and more streams of income than relying on the typical rental contract.

But the 1031 is much more flexible than that.  

I've found relationships with personal officers of smaller portfolio banks to be ever so much more flexible and productive than the large non-portfolio cookie cutter internationals and mortgage mills.Join the Rotary or country club with your banker and grow the relationship.  

HML have a great degree of flexibility; if one feels that the preapproval for a refinance decreases risk, they at their sole discretion might decide to offer you better terms on the hard money. 

I'm somewhat flexible but it really depends on the price point.