The cash flow and margins dictate highest and best use most of the time for investors, so conservative builds don't happen as often as what would be "socially ideal".

It is important to discuss your scenario with your loan officer first to ensure you have the ideal exit strategy.

I guess the ideal seller would be someone who no longer wants to deal with the property and go through the insurance process.Thanks!

Unfortunately, my mother-in-law suffered a stroke last week and is currently in the hospital.

@Mitch MesserAnything with a 15-20 mile radius of downtown is ideal.

Ideally I was hoping to find something with 5% or 10% down. 

A 12 year  HELOC is ideal for me. 

Ideally a property would cashflow when you take out a refi at 70% ARV but what if it does cashflow but only if you take out 40-60% of ARV for example?

What I understand from my nascent research is that one should ideally form a legal entity (LLC  etc) to buy any investments to protect personal assets from any lawsuits but I am curious how many actually do that because it comes with an added overhead.

The bank I deal with does commercial mortgages for 15 year adjustable every 5.