For capital improvements, get a good handy man (i.e. not through property management).

Is there a strategy for buying something that someone else has already improved or is inexpensive (or off-market) and starting to do a short-term rental right away?    

These costly improvements are pushing rents up.While effective rents (factoring in concessions) may be declining, asking rents remain high as landlords aim to maintain their property value.

The best way to improve your SEO and Google performance is to study the hottest keywords for your business at trends.google.com - then load your website with the highest ranking keywords.

I'm always looking to improve and would love to hear more about your experiences.

I’m a fairly new investor, currently with only one STR/MTR duplex in Indiana, and I’m looking to develop new skills in order to improve my personal income to help expedite a second rental investment.I am a touring musician, and also have 5+ years of bookkeeping experience for one of my small businesses, and I run the books for my one duplex as well.

If you come across my cut/paste LLC response (as shared in the link above) and have advice on how I can improve it, I'm all ears.  

They really don't have the power or right to place any kind of lien on the property while they simply have it under contract and aren't doing any improvement to the property. 

If a market has insurance companies leaving in droves, it's probably not going to improve for a long time, and it may actually get worse.

I have an 800+ credit score and access to over $100k in revolving credit and much more than that in personal loan offers, but currently have less than $10k in cash reserves, which I plan to build back up to $20k in two months.My mom, in her mid-50s, wants to invest in real estate as a means to improve her retirement.