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

Then do a cash out refinance and move onto the next.But my main focus is HOW am I going to expand fast to achieve my goal?

Exposure - make sure your listing is on all the main booking sites.

I'm hoping this leads to me avoiding a lot of those early mistakes, but we'll see how well that actually holds up.The main thing I am excited about with Bigger Pockets is hearing opinions and thoughts from a wide array of people.

My main goal?

For the remodel I am thinking of extending the main home (which would make it "L" shaped") to incorporate the detached carport and detached bedroom/bathroom.  

Hi there, my name is Thomas McPherson and I am a RE investor/lender operating in Phoenix and Maine. 

Looking to add about 700sf on to the main house, to include a primary suite.

Hello and thank you for this reply - yes, I have been analyzing a few properties - I have found that the main issue for both the traditional long term rental and also short term rental in this area is reliable property management - it is traditionally a cottage country tourist area, but it is becoming more popular for long term residency, and there is an emerging missing middle, because of property prices.

It's a different kind of program where we don't even consider the DSCR on the property, we mainly just look at the borrower's credit, their investment experience, and the property itself (where it's located, value, use, etc).