@Travis M.Traditional lenders will be an option until you get to 10 financed properties or your DITI is to high.Then their are local banks and portfolio lenders that can work with more flexible terms.The last option is commercial and working with alternative lenders that close deals in LLC's.On the commercial side its completely different than residential.  

I believe with the yield available from purchasing performing notes generally being below our target, and with the risk and pricing too high for most non performing offered, and so many hard money lenders originating in single digit interest rates, that we needed to get creative to invest our money for our portfolio to yield our targeted return, without increasing our risk.

For my portfolio, there are few instances where I will ever have to raise rents above a 10% level. 

If I am going to be turning a profit over 25,000 on my rental portfolio this year as a single member pass through LLC, am I required to make LLET estimated tax payments?

I wanted to scale my personal portfolio.

The rental market in Houston is strong and I am looking to leverage the equity and grow the portfolio especially in some of the up and coming areas.My main question is about pulling out equity from a property in a high tax area like Houston.

I heard about portfolio lenders as smaller banks that keep loan on their books, so what if I use portfolio lender, do these loans stay on my credit record? 

You can hear real-world examples of how others have built their investment portfolio and (hopefully) learn to avoid their mistakes.4.

I have a good portfolio lender in the area that might be able to help you out. 

This isn't a post dedicated to excuses per se, but rather its about barriers (both mental and financial) that I need to overcome in order to expand my real estate portfolio.