I would like to explore starting an an in-house ancillary mortgage brokerage business with at least one loan originator who would be a 1099 independent contractor.   

Interesting read, curious what you all think about this.https://getpocket.com/explore/item/after-the-retai...TLDR - dark store theory is a tax strategy used by big box retail stores like Lowe's, Target, Walmart, and Menards to lower their property tax value.

I currently own 5 SFR as rentals and was just exploring a deal to acquire my first 4-plex. 

This is how I got pretty big in buying and selling mobile homes, the park owners would give me the abandoned homes and I would fix them up and sell them. At

I just bought appliances for my new AL rental from bestbuy and they installed all of them at a nominal price e.g dishwasher and above-range MW for just $49 each which usually would have cost me at least $100-$150 plus each.

@Matt Grubb Ill have to explore the 203k loan in greater detail.

I'm exploring the following: Portfolio loan cash out refinance (high costs), 1031 exchange for a property near the university (what do I do in the summer months?)

Just exploring options at this point though. 

Another option to explore is purchasing a single family, condo, mobile home whatever it is, and rent out the other rooms.

Great cashflow out here and awesome areas to explore!