But, for now, I think this is the simplest way to further my investing.Hope this perspective helps!

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Get a good PM and insurance and your fineMost people don’t realize self managing a property is the simplest and easiest way for someone to pierce a corporate veil.

This is the simplest method, but it also means your tenants are more likely to abuse the utilities by leaving windows open with the heat or A/C running, leaving lights on, ignoring the toilet that constantly flushes on its own, etc.3.

STRs that are not the absolute peak performers are already having issues with vacancy, and AirBnB recently changed their platform so that only the absolute cream of the crop units (five star resort-level luxury units with thousands of perfect guest ratings) are getting promoted.In a nutshell, STRs are a lot more work, require a lot more expertise, and are a lot less reliable/secure than traditional long term rentals (all other things being equal).Plus, house hacking a long term rental will give you invaluable experience in how to analyze, acquire, and a manage a property that you can then apply to doing a STR in the future (if you decide you want to go that route).Start with the strategy that is the easiest, simplest, and most likely to succeed (house hacking), and then gradually build up to more advanced strategies (like STRs, BRRR's, etc.) as you gain experience.Good luck out there!

The same ingredients that apply to a good market apply to a bad market.

This is probably the simplest route, although it offers no limited liability protection and leaves an opening for internal disputes as there is no contract that governs your ownership and the obligations that go along with it.

This is the simplest method, but it also means your tenants are more likely to abuse the utilities by leaving windows open with the heat or A/C running, leaving lights on, ignoring the toilet that constantly flushes on its own, etc.3.

So really, the most seamless or simplest way to do it might be the traditional financed route.

Throw in one more ingredient which is the slow down of new builds and the market on a whole is creating a backlog of eager home buyers that will likely be forced to continue renting.