Essentially, you can apply for a regular investment DSCR loan and just advertise that unit as a 12-month lease only to stay within the guidelines of the lender.

This money (property tax revenue) is utilized to fund essential resources and public services for Texas citizens, including public schools, libraries, emergency services, road maintenance, and community safety measures.If property tax reform occurred, this would likely result in redistributing the tax burden by implementing state income tax or introducing higher sales tax rates to make up this shortfall.

The school district's reputation. 

@Ellen Diamond I essentially found that as i was looking for MF in the 5-10 unit range several months ago, while sales price and rents were lower, cap rates were more or less the same (4-5%) than what could be found in the San Fran Bay area.

In the Museum District of Richmond Va I've found a multifamily (4 units) property on a good size lot for that area that has a back ally access with a good size back yard and no garage like most of the neighbors have.Please some one well versed in Commercial properties and multifamily tell me if I'm on the right track with this line of thinking..My approach is to buy the property using A conventional residential financing and build a garage with an upstairs apartment, making the grand total number of units on the property a fabulous Five.. which is infinitely more in the eyes of Lenders because a 5 unit property is considered a Commercial Space.

@Louis D.I’ve been in the STR business for over 2 years in NOLA and I’m sorry that they essentially killed arbitrage one this market.

@Kurt Newton the 2% rule is essentially dead in most markets. 

You will essentially replace the existing plan with the more flexible self-directed version.This does not mean that all investments in the current Solo 401(k) need to be changed.  

Our hopes are to sell the units individually as the area has very little in the way of starter home priced properties, but is extremely popular because of the excellent school district and high quality community.We are considering flipping the standard "one road" site plan and instead running a one-way street around the back of the units and facing them all into a common green space (pocket neighborhood style).

I live near Luxembourg and my district is a nice place to find great tenants who work in Luxembourg and make a decent salary that cover 4-5x times your rent.Let me know if you want to discuss further about the specificities of the French market, laws or taxes.Cyril