He would lose his job and that just doesn't appeal to him.Your LLC may have liens, judgements, a partner, be improperly formed, pending litigation, they don't know and apparently they don't want to spend the time and resources to find out.Why didn't you do the loan in your LLC?

I appealed the decision.

After some preliminary research, it seems that these are low crime areas and Northbridge appeals to higher income individuals compared to Southbridge.

It might behoove you to prune a property or two out to improve your cash flow, or allow you to find properties that might have better cash flow.The second piece on the BRRR, is it all depends on how good of a deal you get and how much debt you put back on the property. the real strength of BRRR is that you can use the same down payment/cash to buy and rehab the property, then get that money back from the refinance so that you can do it again.Ie you end up with couple hundred in free cash flow, a few hundred on the paydown of the loan, and you can get your money back to do it again.Its the repeatability that makes it appealing imo.  

He grew up across the street and said it's the best it's ever looked. 2 more people pulled up and asked about the property as we were photographing it for the listing.

What that means are strict zoning laws which don't allow people to change the status quo in a town, preserving it's long term appeal.  

I was thinking to invest out of state or out of local area (somewhere where I wouldn't be able to drive to) since I live in the Bay area and rental income to home price is not very appealing.

Supreme Court resolved conflicting decisions among federal courts of appeal, finding that a law firm engaged in only nonjudicial foreclosure proceedings is not a "debt collector" within the meaning of the Fair Debt Collections Practices Act.

Try, “although I could see that decor in a loft appealing to hipsters, I’m really not sure it’s the aesthetic that will attract buyers to this house.

Just want to throw this out there to maybe put things into perspective for folks:http://www.illinoiscourts.gov/Opinions/AppellateCourt/2019/1stDistrict/1170955.pdfHere is a case of 13 years of litigation on a specific performance case (among other issues), appealed, and remanded.