Personally I think the strategy is great with regards to rehab, and I have bought a house before with a credit card, but I also had a ton of liquidity and lots of simultaneous projects and it just made sense - and I didn't pay any interest other than 1% to do an 18 month no-interest, which gives me an effective rate of .667%, or just about free. 

What I wrote above does not create an attorney/client relationship between us.

Kept the relationship with that lender ever since.Good luck and welcome to BP!

What i would like to know is how increasing vacancies in a class A apts effects b and c properties.Also have to remember we are in year 10 of artificially low interest rates, and this financial engineering is INTENDED to rev the stock market and inflate asset values.And the next logical question is what happens as interest rates go up?

Does anyone have a good experience with a national brokerage or local brokerage that has relationships with franchises and other businesses?

I'm looking for my first buy and hold property and am wondering what kind of things/relationships I should have in place prior to making my first purchase.

I'll be in Charlotte for the majority of next month, and would love to start building some relationships when I'm there.

Nothing beats face to face meetings, building relationships and boots on the ground. 

What do you typically install for countertops in rentals that is durable, cost effective, and can be installed in a timely manner?  

He estimates that I can use bonus depreciation to get effectively $900k of depreciation in the first year.