An additional income stream - in this case, you will need to work on optimizing your profit.

And if you spread your indexing over different crediting methods you can insure that there will never be a 0 either.These products are complex and need a good agent who knows how to optimize your policy to minimize the fee (and his/her commission) and maximize your return.

Hard money loans are an option but keep in mind, the fees/rates can be significantly more so you don't want to hang out long with a HM loan.You can always do more with leverage, but I agree with other posters here that when you flip the first few times, you will learn a lot but you likely won't hit your optimal budget, so you may want to start slow.  

EVOLVE has several issues.1) They do ZERO screening of guests. 2) Their pricing tends to run well under optimal. 3) A while back they moved to charging hosts 10% and they charge guests too.

It sounds like I should be able to DIY this (and I do enjoy it and have done taxes for a tiny corporation) once I research the correct and optimal way to separate the business from the residence.

@Daeyoung Kim Check out the books listed in the Bookstore section of the menu above along with podcasts, videos, articles, etc on getting started in real estate investing.

Holding all else equal to hit a 75% growth on a 5 year exit ASSUMES 12% annualized top line (GPR) increase annually (assuming no optimization on costs, bad debt, vacancy).

Perhaps I need to optimize my "find agent" 😅I'm an agent in Indy.

Would greatly appreciate some advice and venture this may help many other folks currently on the sidelines of this challenging market.

Basics:
-I currently live, and wish to continue living, in Boston/Cambridge/S...

Would greatly appreciate some advice and venture this may help many other folks currently on the sidelines of this challenging market.
Basics:
-I currently live, and wish to continue living, in Boston/Cambridge/Som...