Do you mean from a risk perspective?

Of course there are risks associated with that such as increasing your debt, but most HELOC payments are a minimum of 1% of the outstanding balance.

I think Dave has plenty to worry about in terms of assets at risk.

Whenever you rent to anyone you take a risk of them not being able to pay or damaging the rental.

What are the risks of investing in a non conforming duplex and how like are they to happen

But I don’t want to put 5k in escrow at risk if I can’t get funding.Have anybody have gone thru this situation before?

any area can be profitable as long as you pay the right price, understand your risks, and are prepared for the time horizon.

This would allow them to earn a small percentage of those profits while risking nothing.

@Russell Brazil thanks Russell, funny you say that because I actually said the reason this landlord gets away with some things is because no one is willing (or wanting) to risk leaving.

Boils down to your exit strategy, risk tolerance, etc.