The legal limit for interest on a mortgage is 20%; therefore hard money lenders are well within their right to charge 10-15% in exchange for the risk they take and the benefits they provide.

if you are buying in a secondary location you need to know that when you sell it will impact on your selling price and also limit your market as there will be buyers that not buy in inferior locations, due to noise etc.

As far as the 10 loan limit, perhaps you can get a blanket loan on the 3 properties you currently own now to wrap them up together.

About half our applicants don't have income that meets the 2-3x rent threshold, even with positions in architecture, software engineering, etc. which is an indicator that we're approaching the upper limit of what people can afford. 

Most co-op's limit leases to 1-2 years.

I know there isn’t a limit on how many private mortgages I can have...what I’m asking is this...Is there a limit to how many private UNSECURED notes that I can have to use for my flipping business.

You may be able to list it for 1.35 and push the limits and get a cash off of 1.3?

Alternatively you can become an agent's unlicensed assistant and get your own username and password along with limited access (some agents are okay with this, especially if you throw some deals their way or pay a monthly fee).

Any best practices in situations to limit my downside risk.

However, we believe it would be wise to use the LLC and a joint bank account under the LLC’s name to track cash flow.From a perspective of reporting taxes, would the LLC limit us?