I told him the alternative is I'll just pay it off but we'd both rather keep the current arrangement.

Hard money tends to get costly, but may be a good alternative to help retain the property; private money would probably be a better option. 

It seems like a good alternative to regular homes especially with the shortage and the fact that these are finished in less time.

There are pros and cons of both of them and these articles jump into that more. https://trustedpros.com/articles/basements/pros-and-cons-of-using-drywall-in-your-basement-renovationhttps://www.thespruce.com/wood-wall-paneling-alternative-1822880

Hello All,I'm new to investing in real estate and I am seriously considering providing Section 8 housing here in San Diego, CA. My question, that I can't seem to find an answer to is if HUD will give you a voucher for...

SDIRA's are used as an alternative to a regular IRA to allow to invest your funds outside of Wall Street. 

I've kind of just been looking through Craigslist when I run the analysis on rental properties, but was wondering if there were alternative ways. 

When you're an active employee, you can't take out the 401k funds anyways, or even if you do with the fines etc (as you mentioned), you REALLY need to be sure that the alternate investment vehicle is going to generate more returns and have a LOW probability of default/failure.

It is possible an attorney may be able to draft alternate language if both you and the seller are comfortable playing "appraisal roulette"

The whole craze of STRs as a viable alternative investment for Joe Public has made finding good deals (at least my definition) in the Gatlinburg market exceedingly difficult.