There’s a lot of crap out there and some true professionals.Should you do it yourself?  

(I do have a unit that I plan to make into an MTR sometime in the next few years... that's as far as I've gotten.)My opinion is that you should invest in STRs because: you're passionate about hospitality and therefore want to own and operate an STR successfully. 

But with that comes some challenges in getting through their record keeping to get to an actual and true P/L to start evaluating the CAP. 

I’m not sure if it’s still true, but that used to count as the payment date.

I wouldn't call that a true "DSCR Loan" - especially considering that a ground-up construction property won't have any cash flow so DSCR would be negative or 0 numerator if you'd try to calculate it

Take a look at this ad, which is clearly targeting a keyword that a buyer would use.I know what you’re thinking: “Yeah, I only pay when someone clicks on my ad,” which is true.

Is this true?

Right now I am looking at a condo that's in foreclosure and as is, the price is a little too good to be true. 2) I am in California, an anti-landlord anti-business state.

Real estate can be unpredictable, so having a diversified portfolio can provide more stability.Key Lesson #4: Understand the True Costs of Ownership Another critical lesson was understanding the true costs associated with real estate ownership.

This will hold true in any lower cost inventory neighborhood, not a Philadelphia specific problem but resist the temptation particularly if you are not a local hands own operator.