Do you legal, effective, and signed leases?  

Being able to enter a property with only 5% down means you can leverage your money way more effectively as well.

Hi Samuel,When considering how to pay off a loan faster, both methods you've mentioned—making a large principal payment at the end of each year versus bi-weekly payments—can be effective, but they operate differently.Large Principal Payments: Making a large payment once a year can significantly reduce your principal, leading to lower interest costs over the life of the loan.

How can one, who has only rudimentary knowledge in real estate without any boots on ground experience (read a few books), effectively choose a real estate agent?

If the locations turned negative, Dollar General never exercised the option to extend, and if the location remained good, they built a larger store across the street.  

There are plenty of resources and tools out there to help you refine your strategies and manage your property effectively.

Hi Marcus - QI puts the law that are favorable but not to this extent.Point 1 - Could effect your LLC protection statusPoint 2 - What if QI makes an error?

The only way a STR is grandfathered in, is if the property was already permitted and set up before the regulations went into effect.

These moves could spur further economic growth in the area, create jobs, and possibly attract more tech investments, all of which could have ripple effects on commercial real estate and local housing markets.For investors, this development could present opportunities in both residential and commercial real estate, especially with the potential influx of new employees and businesses to support these expanding operations.

Different States have different rules but in general the harder the data is to get, the more effective it is.