In terms of other options, I explored hard money loans and piecing it together by sharing equity with friends and family, but if I hadn't found a replacement for the traditional lender, then I probably would just walked away and licked my wounds before getting back after it with another property. 

The news article I saw, the tenants were complaining, but hadn't paid rent for ages. 

I decided to explore Airbnb Arbitrage in South Florida!

Here's an article from this week about the legislation.In short, this would apply to single family Oregon rural lots >2 acres, allowing a second unit up to 900 SF.

Sorry A newbie question is it better to have a rental property paid off making $800 after taxes and insurance or to borrow against that house to buy another house so after mortgage payment you would make let's say $300 a month and the new property you make $500 after everything is paid so now you are back to the $800 a month I don't understand the benefit of leveraging the first house to make the same amount of money sorry if this is a dumb question I was reading an article saying you should leverage rental properties 

Was trying to explore other options here but the FHA route seems to be the best route to me given what was provided here.

Here's a good article that discusses the tax benefits are various types of corporations.

The Right Way to Invest in ApartmentsIf you’re thinking about investing in apartments, this article will save you a lot of time and grief.

Once you've explored their products to see if you qualify, then shop the rate and terms around with a variety of brokers and lenders to see if they can offer similar products.

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