All of this has to equal 75% or less than the after rehab value and if you are at 75%, expect to have to come to closing with money for the closing costs on the new loan.I hope this helps!!!

The verbiage of my lease agreement from Apartments.com says that "Resident agrees to pay a Security Deposit equal to $___ on/or before signing of thisLease. 1) Why would you want to exchange monies ever without a written agreement in place?

Contractors are not created equally.

I would say crowdfunding is pretty much as equally safe (or unsafe depending on how you're looking at it) as traditional syndications.

At FMV that property has the same risk as other similar properties in the area (all things being equal).

.$200/month equals $2400/year.

Regardless of how much the management company charges, the vacation rental should produce a return equal to - or better than - a long-term rental.

How this *might* apply to your friend is could she get the husband to sign over his half of the equity in the rental, assuming that she would have an equal amount of assets to give to him in 'exchange' for that?

An attorney should be consulted to find out for sure, but my gut hunch is that you receive very little or no liability protection from the LLC when you have that level of co-mingling.Contrary to popular belief, there are zero tax benefits to owning a rental in an LLC vs owning it in your personal name.Lastly, check with your lender, but I believe you can have more than one FHA product. 

All other things being equal ... 55+ parks are generally more attractive.