- Is this an "arm's length" transaction even though the rental is under an LLC?

If you start of with an LLC the best you can do is an ARM loan and as of right now and the way the financial markets are going, I'm not to keen on risking a monumental hike in 10yrs that kills all cash flow.  

They will be portfolio loans, and will typically have terms that are similar to commercial loans. (3-10y ARMS). 30-y fixed are generally not worth it due to a very high rate.

However, looking at all the multi family listings and the zoning information on Redfin shows that these explicitly do not allow Short term rentals.

Got what seemed to be good candidates via Zillow, except one of the applicants background check came in clean but I can find them on online news sites for armed robbery and drug dealing.

In order to get this return the investment group was projecting selling at premium but acquired a 5 year interest only ARM with interest rate cap on a 5 year ballon on and 25 year amortization.

I would have thought that by now people would be up in arms and revolting but doesn't look that way.

I'm currently at 7, I plan on getting as close to maxing that number out then transition to arms or start paying off my existing properties. 

10% down using a 5/1 ARM How did you add value to the deal?

I'm not sure how many of these lenders operate nationally.I wound up going with US Bank for the purchase of the land and they would have done a 20% down payment loan on a 3 year ARM for it.