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Can't believe I've only just found BiggerPockets
Hey All, I've been an avid lurker of real estate investing and forums in general but never came across BiggerPockets until now. I've previously lived in San Francisco and am currently based in Toronto, Canada. For a while, I was trying to start a business of running vacation rental properties but ran into financing issues as I had an extremely hard time trying to get sufficient capital to expand quickly.
As a result, I've put that on the back-burner now (still pseudo-operating) and started my own company to address the same key issue that I faced previously - capital constraints.
Looking forward to learning and growing with the community here!
Cheers,
Andrew
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Thanks @Joseph M.!
Yup completely agree that vacation rentals are the way to go especially for folks who travel extensively, furthermore being asset-light makes it all the more appealing!