I have $150k cost basis$700k sale price ($420k to loan, $280k equity)$550 Cap gains20% Federal $110k11.3% CA $62kTotal Tax $172k - Granted not everything, but a very expensive route to take.   

or have you found various creative solutions to secure favorable terms?

Granted, once in a while I, or anyone in the “game” long enough, will be able to buy under current value - yet interestingly enough this isn’t necessarily where the greatest profits lye.  

Their lender even noted how this switch opened doors for them to secure a third property within two years.From what I’ve seen in Forbes, this decision often depends on the investor’s timeine.

Add outdoor security cameras (just let guests know they’re there) and maybe some motion-sensor lights for extra safety.

If you attempt to go to court, the 30 days repayment is most likely what the judge will grant in my experience. 

Can You Secure a Second FHA Loan?

I think one thing people need to understand is in the US the ten-year treasury is competing against the mortgage-backed securities and while the ten-year is impacted by interest rates, its not the only factor and amount of spending we do also impacts it.they auctioned off 30-year today and it went really bad as no one wants our long-term debt and it sold for 4.3%10-year notes recently traded for 3.96% but again very weak demand - which I believe means yield prices may continue to move up, which means interest rates are not going down dramatically anytime soon - so that fed 25 or 50bps drop is not going to have your mortgage lender dropping rates suddenly the next day...Now the spread between the 10 yr and 30yr mortgages historically is closer to 1.75 but recently has been between 2-3% due to yield curve.

You should secure that switch (or that area), so you can control who accesses it. 

If you have time to secure this loan through a bank, I would strongly consider it.