Quote from @Andrew Lawlor: I've been actively investing in short-term rental properties for the past three years, managing one live property and another that will go live in two months.

While my husband and his ex make a similar income and do not exchange child support due to us pointing that out in court a couple of years ago, she actively request all financial documents that she possibly can and examines our taxes, etc. 

If you can prove this value and maintain high levels of communication - you will be a very valuable 'who' is someone's investing journey.

The marketing copy and photo captions, professional photos, and weekly activity on the OTA listing, makes a big difference in bookings.

Quote from @Jake Bute: Good Afternoon,I listened to Wheelwright's podcast the other day discussing how short term rentals do not have the same rules as long-term rentals when it comes to some of the tax laws around active/passive investing.

This TDR is a new program that has been in development for 30 years and should ignite into an active free market for credits this coming July 15.

I wish you the best in your investing journey and this forum is chock full of very experienced and talented investors and realtorsDoes this helphttps://docs.google.com/document/d/1N-eMKaHkPJquU9r1jfrA-ZTk...

Later on in your investing journey the safety and low management of expensive, appreciating properties will become appealing.

ThanksCongrats on starting your RE journey!

Happy to chat further if you want to reach out to me with a DM.The last thing I would tell you is that, I started my real estate journey with a house hack of a 2-family property in 2011 using bank financing.