I will get into details as to who is on my loan phone call list and who I ended up doing business with as soon as I close and I hope it will help the next person going through what I did. 

i'm also a househacker. great way to lower your personal cost of living. please let us know if we can help with anything in particular as you keep going!

This was on my personal house, so it was frustrating and the insurance industry has changed so much in the last 2 years and they are winning. 

They have some events, virtual meetings, and in-person trade shows where it might be beneficial. 

@Lindsey Johnson I don’t do direct mail marketing personally but have been watching some educational videos on it through a course I just started.

This was an off-market deal that my wife found through her personal network.

I think the world is moving towards a need for a person to have to have multiple streams of income even if one wants to buy Real Estate. 

@Mounish Thatikonda, while I can't speak in too much detail about the financing side, I will note that I have never built a house, but had talked to lenders in the past, and they were willing to finance a new construction house for me with full personal guarantee and a reputable builder contracted to manage the construction.  

My personal portfolio consists of 4 rental properties and a total of 8 units, with 5 of those units being utilized as a STR. 

Normally (prior to the Corona age) the annual expected return was over 10% (net) and the average appreciation around 6% annually.Taking into consideration that the time to complete a project is between 1-3 years (depends on the size) and my strategy at the moment is to develop the project and to cash out, I am not sure that offering a preferred investment is possible unless I am using my own capital to finance interest distribution.Actually, I am exploring 1.