I know a lot of the same questions I hear consistently are answered on these posts so hopefully this will be useful for you. 

All of the above will work with some consistency and luck.

For most of the area they restrict it to 6 months of the year for STR.This is direct from the website:https://www.cityoflakegeneva.c...Each Short-Term Rental shall be managed consistent with the followingrequirements:i.

In my network I've reached out to a RE friend of mine and she has a investor end buyer that is interested in my deal which consists of 3 properties as a package deal from the seller i.e the seller does not want to sell just 1 of the properties it must be all 3 of them which are cash flowing rentals.My question is my RE friend has to legally transact the deal on a "CAR" purchase agreement.

Consistent recurring money in the bank.

If you consistently analyze properties, recognizing a good deal will be much easier when it shows up.

If one or two in 1000 houses would be open to a "cash offer" in the next 12 months, that means you have to market to them and the other 998 consistently for 12 months.

.: When I first started investing, I built a portfolio consisting of a combination of "cash flow" properties and "appreciation" properties.

He’s a pleasure to work with, and his work is consistently excellent.

As far as 20% down, I am not sure but I believe this is more or less consistent with the US because I don't believe banks will normally lend on rental properties for less than 20% down unless they are owner occupied.