There's many paths to grow your real estate portfolio just make sure you pick the one that is right for you and remember this real estate game is a long term investment. 

I was picking up SFRs in South Bend, Indiana for between 5k and 12k each and renting them out for around $500 a month. 

Even though the lease states this, we typically pick up the first clearing of drain.  

Have a great holiday and I'll pick back up with you on this in Jan!

Now buyers have to potentially pay for their agent: they will be a lot more intentional in picking an agent who they believe is a strong negotiator and brings a lot of value. 

If you don't have contacts, then pick up the phone and start dialing.

To help you pick the best tax classification, it would be great to know a bit more.

And this is all assuming you pick just the right price that you don’t sell it for less than it’s worth or it lost it for too much and it sits on the market for an extra month or two. 

Here are my thoughts:- MTR and STR would require furniture so I do need to pick a lane (LTR or MTR/STR).- We currently have STR and LTR in our portfolio so I'd like to try MTR.- We could furnish it and go for STR/MTR simultaneously, but we get occupancy near end of October, which isn't the best time for STR.

We have zero way of knowing what your costs are going to be, until you pick a specific property.