The rest of Raleigh is a little bubbly and cash flow is difficult unless you force appreciation with a rehab or get off market deals.

@Brian Eastman The largest drawback to me for the Self-Directed IRA - which is what I was originally gravitating towards - is the UBIT tax on income gained from leveraged debt.

So either pay the loan down enough to refinance or rely on forced or market appreciation. 

., so are YOU defending the llc in that suit or just going to let them get a judgement and theoretically force sale of property?

He pointed out ridiculous things like a small crack in the sidewalk, a hole no bigger than a pea in the siding,  the screen door closed with too fast, said the garage door opener came down with too much force and it should be replaced ( I tested it and it was fine), and on and on and on.

As long as I keep making the payments there is nothing the bank can do to force me into anything?

You may be forced to look at lower income areas where the property taxes and the properties themselves less expensive.

oh word of CAUTION anyone going there stay way from interstate 84, highway Patrol is in full force out there, looking for anything to generate funds.

I speak fluent Spanish, so I am in deep with today's construction labor force.

now when she was using more force than usual to get in it split more?