My main objective is generating a cash flow which pretty much eliminates local market. 

This is mainly because we know the cash flow numbers upfront with a STR, since you can use AirDNA projected revenue to qualify a deal and don't have to wait on the appraisal to give us LTR market rent.

Tithing and charitable giving have been hijacked by the government and the church. 

But the main question would be for you to ask yourself: Are you growing and building ?

There are two main pathways for this - Delayed Financing and cashout refi's. 

Sorry everyone it should say Landlord Lunch instead of Main Meeting.

When tapping into your home’s value, you have two main options: a home equity loan and a HELOC (home equity line of credit).

My conclusion then was this: if an investment pencils as cash flow breakeven or a small positive cash flow, using conservative underwriting assumptions, it would be worthwhile to buy despite the high interest rates.Real estate investing has three main sources of wealth building: cash flow, appreciation, and tax benefits.

We've been there for a minute or two checking out the main floor when a door slams upstairs.

We hired another contractor (a church friend of a realtor that we'd used in the past and we trust this realtor 100%) and paid him $15,000 to start the same project and everything went great; he completed demolition, installed the new roof, and got some permits (roof permit, electrical, and plumbing).