Hi everyone. Thanks for taking an interest in my post. I've been in the market for a property in my agent's neighborhood, which is how we came to find him. During the months of searching for the perfect property, his ...

Most of my clients stick to private money.  

If you have enough money but your business is the main driver of income in most cases you can make more money putting time into the business.You could also get creative here.

Ideally, you should have consulted a real estate tax pro before doing that.

I actively buy real estate in Arizona.

On the flip side, I am in the process of acquiring over $1.5M in defaulted DSCR loans form borrowers who are your age that put 25% down but had no money to fix any of the problems  = lost the renters and walked from the property.

I owned real estate before but lost it all in the GFC. 

Maybe I'm no longer a low risk bond investor, maybe I'm parking my money in $VOO instead, CRE REITs, or perhaps higher risk higher return bonds. 

As you indicated yourself, it's mostly throwing away money because you have nothing left at the end of the lease.

Would I need a Real Estate License / Property Management business for this?