As I build equity, my plans are to invest the excess equity in buy and hold properties.  

Called an insurance broker looking for an excess liability policy - never got any response. 

With that, my recent, almost excessive need to gather information about real estate investing, specifically buy and hold, has developed quite a few questions.

Specifically, they take out a HELOC on their buy-and-hold (and/or primary residence) ... when they find a deal they pull money from the HELOC ... when they finish they pay off the HELOC ... after a few of those, they take the excess profits and buy another rental.

Also 10 comps sounds excessive - 3 good comps seems more reasonable

I was also in contract for a student property through a commercial broker that is poorly managed causing excessive vacancy and because of this I was unable to secure funding for this deal.  

An excess of deals is a problem I wish I had.

How does this brand of flooring hold up overtime in bathrooms? 

Hi all, Another question brought on by my excess of equity.

If I were you, I would definitely negotiate with your landlord to get the price down and get a creative financial agreement together, hopefully one where the other apartment covers all or most expenses, save the excess you would have spent on rent and use it to invest in another property down the road or as down payment to get conventional funding to pay back your landlord.