-Not setting aside reserves or underestimating long-term capital expenditure needs.It doesn’t mean cash flow doesn’t exist—it means they’ve learned hard lessons about the realities of real estate ownership.Final Thoughts If you're starting out, focus on building a strategy that fits your financial goals and risk tolerance.

The trusting homeowner would deed the house over to the other person, and that person would sell it back in a contract for deed or would set up a rental, claiming that this is just until the original homeowner gets back on their feet financially.15.

•Set up notifications when a listing matches my criteria.Has anyone built or tried something similar?

This coming year set the goal of getting more committed to learn and expand my knowledge to avoid previous mistakes taken as well as to be able to effectively continue to expand my portfolio.I’m here to connect with others who are also passionate about real estate, and I’m eager to learn from your experiences, insights, and advice.

Yours is on a trash can lid.Clearing the road to the top and the building site, set the location on a silver plate.  

I am sure some will do it with phone and e mail etc.. but I suspect they miss the best deals.Just like top wholesalers they have buying agents when a lead comes in that buying agent is over to the house and meeting with the folks ASAP so they can lock it up.. if they are non owner occ then yes this is different but now your talking about investors as sellers different mind set .  

We try to set up at least 3 timeslots each week when we can schedule all the showings to minimize the tenant interuptions.If they won't cooperate or cancel too many scheduled showings, we warn them we will pursue collections to the fullest extent of the law. 

I believe they are expressing their displeasure with the fact that I have not accommodated some of their recent requests that went far beyond the scope of what is required (like insisting a licensed electrician switch out a smoke detector when we could do it ourselves) and I had to set some boundaries after years of high maintenance for them.

Also look into whether the city has already set up regulations around STR or whether there are potential changes coming down the line. 

Provided you are sticking to the letter and spirity of your rental agreement, you have to set boundaries People that get indignant over you setting boundaries are not worth worried about.