If your goal is to maximize cash flow, look for properties where you can live in one unit and rent the others at market rates.

Navy Federal does HELOCs on investment properties…not sure if LLC is OK…and rates are in the 10.75% range for an investment HELOC in March of 2024.  

Everyone’s got the same problem: STR oversaturationPrices are high in most markets and if/when you do buy, your competition is fierce thus pushing down nightly rates and occupancy rates in almost every worthwhile marketGood luck fixing that! 

Crickets...At this rate, it will be 2+ years before the project is finished.Anytime you ask for a project plan or schedule you will get vague responses with no actual plan.

We don’t have an immediate need for the cash and current rates are attractive, so would love to hear what the pro/cons of seller financing are in this situation?

Well if you ran realistic conservative numbers for maintenance, capex, vacancy rates, rental income, etc then you don't really need cash flow do you?

So same thing as an agent pick a technique and stick to it.Myself personally when I started as an agent I did not do follow up like I should have but what i did do was become a CLOSESR  If i got in front of them my success rate was very high so thats where I put my energy and my moto was next..If I could not close them first meeting I moved on the next. 

Don't let the idea of a low interest rate trap you from upgrading to size/scale.

The amount of capital required depends on the city's appreciation rate.

With insurance companies canceling policies and raising rates has anyone uncovered a way to self insure rental properties?