Stop hanging out with your deadbeat buddies who spend all day drinking, talking sports, and otherwise wasting away.

As a frequent Airbnb user, I personally wouldn’t choose a place just because an influencer recommended it.If you’re compensating in perks, that might work, but if I were in your shoes, I wouldn’t spend my hard-earned money that way.

They will happily spend a few hours showing a home for $100 an hour or whatever you are willing to pay.

I am seeing a ton of investors spending money on education to get into bigger deals at an accelerated rate only to retreat back to buying the properties  that were of appropriate size and undertaking.

Spend the money, do it right: seamless L grade (NOT M) copper pipe.

Likely not, but if you don't mind taking the risk and spending a little extra in taxes (from missing possible deductions or misunderstanding the law) then that's ok.

They will charge extra for any extra work performed, but it could be much more beneficial than tying up that much equity in a partnership with someone you don't know.Also, if you ever do have a partnership, spend the money on the front-end with an attorney to get a sound operating agreement that makes the divorce less messy if it comes to that.

Option 1a COULD be ok, but only if you can spend that $20k and add more than $20k in equity prior to sale which is no certainty when you're starting with a rent ready property.

I would recommend you make sure the company you guys choose for PM track all the maintenance costs that you guys spend money on 

Hello BiggerPockets,After reading numerous books from the BiggerPockets library and spending more time on Loopnet than I would like to admit, it is time for me to put some of this knowledge into action.