Use your 9-to-5 income to save aggressively, invest in your education, and network with experienced investors.

Over 2K a month in costs savings to the building.

Setting up direct bookings is a great way to save on fees, but you’re right—it requires extra effort to ensure everything runs smoothly.For vetting guests, start by asking a few questions when they inquire, like the purpose of their stay, how many people will be there, and if they’ve stayed in short-term rentals before.

If the partner wants to get a bigger cut on future deals, they can save their money and buy into a larger percentage on the next deal.

At this point, I want to save anyone else from experiencing the loss of money and loss of confidence in their ability to judge and trust 3rd parties.

Maximizing cashflow becomes a strategy choice that accounts for your market and tenants.

To save time we always get an accepted offer before viewing the property.

Main reason to split the lot would be to maximize the lot for cash flowing rentals.

@Jorge Vazquez we stopped doing signs over 10 years ago.We had a separate phone number on our signs, so were able to track traffic & applications from them.We were getting more & BETTER leads from our online ads then the signs - so an easy choice to stop using them (also time & money savings).

@Brett Riemensniderwe don't know all the details, but as i said that's a very expensive way to buy property - if you can't afford a property without overleveraging then you might just have to save up more.