Sometimes the suburbs are even better than the main areas, especially if they are close enough to the popular areas.

As mentioned earlier, the Bay Area has me priced out, so I'm focusing on sub-$500k opportunities.I'd love to connect offline soon, but want to throw out a couple of questions:What's the most popular floor plan in Fresno for long-term rentals?

I wrote an article about the screening process for BP, you can check it out here.To directly answer your question, we require 2.5x the rent for gross household income.

Daily, I get a BP email with articles of real estate interest.

There's a misconception that these loans are loosely originated, similar to 'NINJA' loans, which contributed to the previous real estate crash.I have included a Bigger Pockets article that goes over the documents and nuances for a DSCR loan, which sounds like a great option for your scenario.

Interesting article for any new construction owners with a 10 year tax abatement who received significant land value increase: https://whyy.org/articles/recent-court-ruling-opens-door-homeowners-appeal-tax-bill/

That said sometimes when people don’t get thier ego stroked they say all the popular buzz words.

Looking for suggestions and recommendation. thank you  Hi - plenty of options in this thread, just adding a STR Financing Options article I published on BP last year in case you haven't seen it - hope it can help!

Here's an article with additional FAQs on cost segregation studies that you may find helpful.

As for the Media scare, I saw one news article touting a $100k special assesment on a HOA and when I pulled up the building the average cost of fire sale condos are $3M TO $5M and part of the special assesment was to cover new unneeded landscaping.