Personally, I don't consume my cashflow so I have had reserves when I needed them. 

@Dominique Guinnane From my personal perspective as a seller I don't care if the offer is below asking or near asking with a seller paid buydown.

I've been very cautious around advising this strategy until I see that the investor has the personal financial position to manage that type of investment.

Consumers were left reeling from plummeting home values and credit markets tightened.

Also, bear in mind that I have no idea about your personal situations and objectives and I don't like giving cookie-cutter advice to people.

Not to get off topic, so I'll say it this way, a HML needs to realize that there are two issues behind the regs, your competetion and consumer protection issues.

Before buying, do an analysis of the market that lets you in on its dynamics, link the type of property that matches your set goals and is in line with the risk you can take, survey the possible financial options open for borrowing money, and finally analyze the cash flow of this business before engaging professionals in managing this apartment complex.Conduct thorough checks on possible properties, covering in-person checks, money checks, checking leases, comparing market prices, checking rents, assessing the condition of the property, and looking over legal contracts.

this would let you go to REIA meetings and network, look at properties in person, drive neighborhoods, meet locals, and build a network.with interest rates and prices high, investing right now is taking extra work, creativity, or both. 

To protect the purchaser of the wrap-around mortgage, Texas Senate HB 43:provides for wrap payments to be held in a constructive trust by the seller for the benefit of the buyerestablishes that anyone collecting or receiving a payment from a wrap borrower in connection to a wrap mortgage owes a fiduciary duty to the borrower for the paymentsdiscloses the nature and risks of wrap transactions to buyers and offer consumers the right to rescind transaction/agreement when disclosures are not made timelydefines “wrap mortgage loans” as a residential mortgage loan:made to finance the purchase of residential real estate that will continue to be subject to an unreleased lien that attached to the property before the loan was madesecures debt incurred by a person other than the wrap borrower that was not paid off at the time the loan was madeobligates the wrap borrower to the wrap lender for payment of debt, the principal amount of which includes the outstanding balance of the debt and any remaining amount of the purchase price financed by the wrap lenderclarifies that a wrap mortgage loan may only be closed by an attorney or title companyprevents “house flippers” from registering as financial service providersprohibits a person from making wrap mortgage loans unless the person is licensed or registered to originate or make residential mortgage loansThe new law goes into effect on January 1, 2022.

Do you have any equity in your personal residence?