I would have a hard time finding employees at that actual wage and I would think people would prefer to be in a non-tipped position like line cook or just about anything else if pay was that low.  

I prefer to remain leveraged and benefit from tax benefits while I grow my portfolio.

If you have any preferred private money lenders that would be helpful too.

My real estate agent had strongly encouraged me to get local financing because he said the seller's agents showed preference to those offers.

Find your niche and make it happenHope we can meet some time amid this COVID-19

Investors/homebuyers begin to rethink their strategy, target market, or target property type.Being that you seem to be in a good flow of analyzing deals within your preferred criteria, I wouldn't necessarily change that.

Works great on weird, niche multifamily properties that don’t qualify for 30-yr conventional or non-recourse financing if the purchase price is right.

Not going to last forever as I prefer the security of a bank.

Pretty small niche.

But I prefer to buy and hold vs quick profits.