VA would be perfect for house hacking, or just building equity.

The building is on a corner property.

This post is my small way of advising against that and hopefully steering some people straight.There's no shame in sitting on cash, building reserves, and being patient right now.

.- **Alternative Strategies**: Continuing with delayed lending (refinancing after repairs and tenant placement) has its merits, allowing you to build equity and stabilize cash flow property by property.Please feel free to DM me.

Ask the questions...Maybe they want to avoid cap gains taxes so a small down would work.

@Eric Armstrong BP has a partnership with Invelo, which has list building, CRM, and marketing all in one.

For example, a building with 12 doors and operating some of the units as MTR/STR and other units as LTRs?

There is the those that have to sell and yes they are probably selling it distressed or a forced sale- but as you mention if you look at this listhttps://www.nmhc.org/research-insight/the-nmhc-50/top-50-lists/2023-top-owners-list/These companies may have some strategic liquidations but they can ride this thing out.It’s the syndicators who promised people cash and took at short term debt because they played the lottery thinking they could flip a multifamily building thinking prices always go up and cannot now handle the debt burden.

What I recommend is probably not good business practice (profit wise)  but i always build great relationships with my tenants ( also they always paid) and I had many over the years. 

A 6-7% vacancy rate might look tempting, but it’s important to keep an eye on any new developments, like Build-To-Rent apartments, that could pop up in the neighborhood.There’s also some research* out there showing that average vacancy rates across Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) have ranged from 17% to 10% in the past (95-17).