Thank you  Using a LOC on your primary residence can work well for flips if the terms are favorable and you’re confident in managing projects efficiently.

While I haven’t invested in NYC specifically, I can share a bit of perspective: For a 3-year timeline, buying can make sense if you’re confident in the market’s appreciation and can find a condo with flexibility for renting it out later.

Once you have this team in place, you should have the foundation to invest in any market confidently while not being there physically.While looking at the Cleveland market, it's very important to understand the different areas.

Separately, the government increased the money supply by 40% with massive government stimulus and that drove the cost of everything way up (labor, materials, everything).

We plan to remove them all to protect from tax increases on our current primary, but I am afraid that now that the other properties won't have homesteads, we may see skyrocketing tax bills and it will eat into already small cash flow from rental income.Does anyone have advice for how to handle this situation other than just increasing rent?

They may also require US credit history, although there are a handful that will not require a US credit report for an increased rate/ reduction in LTV. 

So I dont counter with a % I Counter with a dollar amount and the buyer see's exactly how much that is and when on my homes that are 750k and 2% is 15k I counter at 10k flat fee.. agents get it start to howl but the buyers are like whats the issue your making 10k thats great money :)  Interesting development in Oregon to increase buyer agent commission visibility.

Airbnb has some new listing discounts which increases your visibility, did you see that?

Also, the tax benefits of the buy and holds help offset the increased tax consequences of fix and flips.

I will mention that a hot tub could really increase the frequency of bookings.