We own 2.2MM in RE and 1.1MM in notes.

Long time San Diego RE investor currently taking a hiatus from purchasing in the local market.  

I am CFP and I know they don't understand RE.

Pulled this together for a RE Investor meet up on how "today's tech stack" is breaking down historical concerns of STRs being a time-suck for RE Investors when looking at either purchasing properties for STR deployment or evaluating assets for STR usage vs other strategies.

Some traditional buy and hold RE investors have transitioned to flipping.  

The property has about a quarter mile of street access, and no trees or anything to block it, so I wanted to put something there to give a little privacy anyway, and then these trees obviously have to go, so I was hoping to re-use them.

The main way to reduce your DTI from RE is using a DSCR loan, however using an LLC is recommended to do so more effectively.

A great way to start is by attending RE events and joining a local investors association.

If you plan to scale ask your largest commercial RE broker for some recommendations.  

Like someone else said, your RE licensure exam is going to touch on creative financing in a very surface level way, if at all.