The flippers we personally work with in California have not run into this issue (as far as I'm aware).

Personally, I would hang on to the cash.  

We will shop for used appliances where we can when we need one… or pick up used cabinets if we can, or search eBay for something smaller,  but going to the extreme of personally shipping something big in internationally for one-off renovation needs seems like a stretch of reasonable.Just like you mention, the number of unknowns would not seem to be worth it to me.Just my 2 cents.Randy  

Quote from @Matthew Crivelli: Personally, I'm not a fan of Air B & B.

Personally, my primary residence has appreciated around 6% in market value and I live in Levittown. 

(Interesting, because the best guess I’ve seen is that John maybe personally grossed no more than $10 million from this mentorship over a 8 - 9 year period of time).

The cost to repair your vehicle, and perhaps the other person's car, will be WAY MORE than the cost of the insurance premiums you saved by not having insurance. 

I personally would never invest somewhere that could outlaw rentals.

Make sure your personality matches your path.  

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