I am pretty new myself to real estate investing but my plan is to own many LTRs .

We just love the country and plan to visit often and figured why not expand our business into Japan.

Yes you do have to be a little careful when you re-key them.  

She doesn't care that you manage the property, she cares how you manage it.

But if you lay out your plan to the owner over the phone, it's very hard to get a "yes" because trust is developed with a face to face meeting.Trust can be established by talking about your past record (as an investor) but also if you have something positive about yourself (profession - real estate agent, nurse, teacher, fireman, doctor - any profession that can give you some added credentials).#4 Owner vs.

Quote from @Patrick McCann: Hi Justin, I'm also a househacker in NH currently living in my duplex in Dover, NH with plans to search for my next one in the near future.

I DO NOT care whether he drives a Toyota himself.

I know when you make an offer you typically specify how you plan on funding the deal.

I can buy a 2-4 unit with 20% down vs conventional can only buy a 2-4 INVESTMENT property with 25% down 4. there are options where DSCR loans dont repot to personal credit, helps in not having to show a bunch of paperwork or not one person in a partnership has to carry the debt5. way less paperwork to close on this loan type vs a conventional loan. we care about the income of the property you're buying and it's ability to service the debt of the property whether we use long term rents income, lease income, or air dna/bnb income.6. easily buy in partnerships, add people to your operating agreement, its as easy as that so bring partners into a deal. helps with scaling and raising capital or getting partners involved7. gift funds allowed to close on these as well, and like I said earlier, there's only a 10day seasoning period of funds with some lenders so that means you can literally have a private money lender deposit money into your account 11 days before closing, and you can use those funds to close!

I have some upcoming repairs needed that outweigh the Homestead Exemption and plan to make my primary home a long term rental in the next 7 years but the repairs can’t wait.