Pretty sure both those first choices are loan fraud, unless everything is disclosed to the lender and the lender agrees.A rehab loan or hard money loan with a rate-and-term refi is your best bet, IMHO.

However, my bet is that ten to fifteen years from now these may very well turn into high-density section-8 tenements.

TX has a state limit of 80% from what I have seen.

Trada's attorney for Texas is bailing on them, Marin, and other defendants.Looks like bankruptcy for Trada VI so that the limited partners will be on the hook for the amount of their investment.Also appears Boise office closing with their furniture being repo'ed.

I'll bet all five of these houses are sucking several hundred apiece out of your pocket.

They have a good book called "You Limited Liability Company" subtitled an operating manual.

In my quite limited experience, yard signs (the generic kind) have brought lots of phone calls, but all my actual tenants have come because of free ads on Craigslist.

"privacy", I mean that an LLC or corporation offers specific, legal protections that limit the liability for some actions to the company vs. its members or shareholders.

You're losing money every day you hold it because of the monthly loss.What you're betting on is appreciation.

These are usually limited to 65-70% of the ARV (after repaired value.)