Commercial lenders don't usually offer 'pre approvals' but will provide sellers with a letter of intent.

Why would an STR rooming house work?

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I do have one who is using a self-directed IRA to purchase a rental that is being rented out as a house share. 

Hello, my wife and I are looking to buy a house with creative financing.

Doing SFR on new constructions could work if you do house hacking.

I live in a Highrise and it rained for a week straight nothing even touched me What if I bought a house in the area?

However when I think logically about depreciating damages I use this as an example:If I built a house and rented it for 28 years without making any improvements, the tenant could burn the house to the ground and not get charged one penny because the entire house was fully depreciated down to $0.

Also there are not really a lot of foreclosures anymore - pretty much every property has so much positive equity that selling is always a better option than forclosure (= you owe more than the house is worth).

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