These allow you to:1.Force Appreciation: Actively increase the property’s value through strategic renovations.2.Leverage Equity: Either refinance or flip the property to build more liquidity for your next deal.If you’re interested in chatting more about strategy or need guidance, feel free to shoot me a DM.

Luke - as an active investor and Realtor in mid-sized NC cities, getting 5% with today's home prices and interest rates is impressive in areas that aren't D or even C class assets/areas.

How active are you wanting to be in the deal?

A collections agency will be engaged to collect the rent owed if they don't pay.

My other project years back was searching for active businesses to buy, at one time laundromats, many located downstairs in mixed use properties. 

Quote from @Robert Quiroz: Hello All,I will have around $1M in capital that I'm looking to generate 8-10% CoC returns for the purpose of replacing active income. 

Just create columns for every week and the rows are the activity and color code them in logical order.

I'm not longer a registered lender, active broker, nor am I an RMLO or an attorney.   

I am hesitant because the first property is located where all the Olympics and World Cup activity will be in the coming years and the interest rate is so fantastic.

I’ve heard about home equity loans and HELOCs, but I want to keep my money in the stock market to maintain some diversification.My question is: would it be wise to take out a home equity loan for the full $200k to keep my stock investments active?