Guaranteed2 - You pick your poison....You, as the resident NNN expert, just said it better. 

If you pass away, you don't necessarily want all of your equity going to a friend.

At some point 8-10 years did a portfolio loan with good tax returns and ended up using a lot of cash and that loan to buy 2 strs in Myrtle- ocean lakes. we currently have 20 units and Two are str's.theres really no short cut, we built a ton of equity by buying at the right time and fixing up ourselves (I'm a contractor).wr bought the two strs in 2020 and 2022.

Problem: Equity payments make it not worth the hassle.

Hello, I'm very new to RE investing, although I've been a landlord for the past year...this is probably a very basic question, but nonetheless it puzzles me - what is the most correct way to calculate ROI for a rental unit that has been converted from a primary residence?

Here are your options in order of what will give you the best terms. 1) Fannie Mae cash out refinance to 75% on a single family residence or 70% on 2-4 units.

RULE: "The seller must have owned the home and used it as their principal residence for two out of the last five years (up to the date of closing).

Putting your real estate holdings within an LLC might protect your personal assets in the event that you are sued for your real estate endeavors.Before putting their property into an LLC, some investors choose to wait until it has increased significantly in value or developed a sizable amount of equity.

Put it another way, I don't do equity investing in the public markets well. 

Do they foreclose on the other 2 and take their equity away?