That's trouble just waiting for you...and added cost up front. 

The more you talk, generally the more you open yourself up to trouble, or at minimum waste your time and theirs.

The nuances here are that there may not be a foreclosure wave for people who were in trouble and want to stay in their properties.PS:  I have now witnessed several hard money lenders who have stopped lending. 

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I have a property under contract in Pittsburgh that has a blockage 85 feet down the sewer line so the plumbers are unable to confirm whether the line is free of damage beyond that point. They quoted me to cle...

Use it as a downpayment on a cash-producing asset or use that money to get a hard money loan and flip something.

I want to help but I know this could be trouble for my business and other tenants as well.

We did not institute a government to award one citizen's labor/product to another citizens with no reimbursement even in troubling times.

If we get that far out, I fear we are all in serious trouble. 

I’m slowly shopping for my personal residence which will have an income producing aspect to it (either Airbnb or traditional rental).

This is my three post...Yearly mortgage break down: $84,378 $114,008/12 Months = $7,031 $9,500 Monthly (missing principal)Total Gross Income: $230,256+23,496=$253,752-10% Vacancy= $228,377 $230,256-10% Vacancy + $23,496 =$230,726 (vaccancy rate, other income is not calculated under vaccancy, this expence is calculated on actual numbers year end)Total Gross Income $228,377-$230,726 Yearly Expenses $94,204= NOI $134,173  $136,522Total Annual income: $228,377-$230,726 Total Annual Expense $94,204 - Total Annual Debt Service $84.377 $114,008= Cash flow $49,622 $22,514 ($84K is intrest you need to add principal as you pay this out of the income it produces)cap rate= 5.3% 5.46% NOI 134,173  $136,522/selling price 2.5 M=5.3% (8% cap rate would be purchase price of 1.7 M)Cash on Cash= 6.8% 3.11% Cashflow $49,627 $22,514 /Acquisition cost $724,932= 6.8%  3.11%DCR=1.59% 1.197% NOI 134,173 $136,522 /  Annual Debt Service $84,378= 1.59%..