Focus on analyzing properties and starting small, like house hacking or buying a single-family home to rent out rooms, while ensuring cash flow and maintaining an emergency fund.

While leasing is the front door to maintaining a property’s occupancy, renewing tenants is the back door.

Have you ever had to maintain a property?

HELOCs are usually variable rate and there may be yearly fees associated with maintaining the HELOC.

According to the sales person, I don't need to handle PH level, adding chlorine or even changing water due to sodium level they maintain. 

I have a confession: my only duplex, which I gave owned now for 2 years and recently moved out of from a house hack, has proven to cost me more to maintain/pay taxes/repair/fix etc to the point where my cash flow is close to zero.

I am just starting out and have 1 STR.Would love hear the pros/cons that you took into consideration when deciding how you want to manage your STR.Self managing STR properties, from afar, while maintaining other employment, is only a possibility because of the new technology made available in the last 10 - 15 years.  

Our records show that your subscription is set to auto-renew, and no action is needed from you to maintain your listing tenure.

YOU and ONLY YOU, are responsible for maintaining order in your house.  

Purchase price: $187,000 Cash invested: $15,000 Sale price: $259,000 I got tired of moving place to place and worrying about finding roommate, security deposits and not having enough money to deal with maintaining someone elses home.