This has to do mainly with the timing of property tax payments for your own home (not for your investment properties) and your charitable donations.

Sure, you are going to be getting/saving the Realtor commision, but in order to do that, you need to spend the investment into the Real Estate supplies that get you there.Thanks, I am certainly aware of the MLS benefits and agree. 

Although the main county redemption website states 18%.

It does bring in some income outside of season as it is close to AC but it certainly makes over 80% in 3 main months.

I've mainly had my eyes on the Northshore area as well Revere, Malden, Saugus, etc. 

One of the main reasons for this is let's say the lender were to lend off a value that is tethered to how much the property can earn as an STR, and they're at 80% LTV let's say.

With just 5% down (yes, I paid PMI initially), we moved into the main bedroom, used the small first-floor room as my office, and rented out the other three bedrooms on Airbnb and Furnished Finder.

“I do not agree that appreciation is a function of chance.Appreciation is driven by the imbalance of demand and supply.

For me I have 3 main goals I am shooting for:1) Pay back the debt I acquired purchasing rentals this year. 

Quote from @Sanjay Bhagat: 1) Is there a syndicate/s in BP which has gone through all the 4 real estate life cycle (recovery, expansion, hyper-supply, and recession) ?