If the bid is outrageous, pickup your toys and go play elsewhere.

Toys for the lake, beach, camping, grilling, firepits where allowed, partnering with local businesses to create holistic experiences for the guests.

Rather than assuming that 30 vague anecdotes translate to toxicity, you’d be better served by asking questions and seeking clarification.For those actually involved in the Gator Lending community, we’re talking about people dedicated to building real estate careers, many of them husband-and-wife teams who are laser-focused on staying out of the "rat race."

If you own two houses, you don't have toys. 

I'm toying with an idea for a system that would handle guest communication workflows using AI, analyze the feedback, and also trigger surveys post-stay/review for tracking performance.As far as I can tell, there's nothing out there that does those 3, but perhaps there are separate services that provide some or more of those.

I don't feel you are worth it to bicker back and forth laser focusing on a tiny word "free" and make a whole post about it.

Many wont even live till 60.People get blinded by the new shiny toy that they forget, REAL ESTATE IS THE RETIREMENT VEHICLE so why put a retirement vehicle into another retirement vehicle which you can't even enjoy until you're dead or crippled with medical issues.

@Haley ElisabethYou are not missing anything but there is what I would call good debt and bad debt.For example if I buy a property cash, rehab it and it has a $300,000 value and can be used as a rental and provide cash flow - getting a $150k loan on that asset to buy another (not blow it on toys) say $300k asset I have 2x future appreciation than one asset.

Who has a direct lender I can go to? Yes

I have been toying with the idea of becoming financially independent through real estate for a few years and even gave a crack at becoming an agent last year, but never took the time to figure out exactly what direction I wanted to go.