I’m an investors agent and STRs were about half of my business last year.

I am looking to scale my business and am leveraging an investor (my parents) to fund my down payment for 5 % interest on a 10 year loan.

Hey Hakim, Sure thing, one of the main things to understand is that you have to know how ready are you to purchase the business/property, and you do that by providing all your financials to see if you have enough capital and reserves.

@Andy Oshodi the REI business is hard but house hacking is one of the easiest most powerful strategies out there.

I have extensive experience in online marketing for small businesses / startups that span across legal services, beauty, tech and more.

I suppose I'm not busy enough!

The issue is that fix and flip and DSCR loans are business purpose loans where you are required to sign an affidavit of business purpose / non-owner occupancy saying neither you nor your relatives will live at the property.

What if you sold your house , bought the hobby farm ( making it your new primary), and used the proceeds for an investment property? 

Rather than simply accessing part of the equity using a cash-out refi you could sell one of those properties and use the proceeds (now with 100% of the equity available including the deferred tax) to purchase two replacement properties.  

@Andrew Stouse Started out close to 30 years ago at age 21 with some shady business partners on two owner financed apartment buildings.