Ultimately, the best market for investing under $250k will depend on factors like your risk tolerance, investment goals, and personal preferences.

My focus as an investor is buy & hold real estate with long term and short term rentals.In 2022, I am looking to network and surround myself with others in the industry to ultimately help each other expand our real estate businesses. 

Quote from @Brian Barch: Ultimately anyone getting into an STR needs to:1) be able to weather the short term (ramp up period, slow months, etc)2) buy for the long termAsking about 2023 is great for discussion sake, so I enjoy the question.

Ultimately you have to figure out your budget and then decide what particular methods you can afford to pursue at the moment.  

Ultimately you may find yourself giving back a lot of your profits just to escape

@Engelo Rumora, I want to start with the fact that I have no experience with your company, and do not want this to imply all turnkey providers are the same.But ultimately, I think there are two factors at play:A) like you state, some people do just want to do it themselves and learn.  

In fact, one article I read claimed that 1/3 of luxury purchases this year closed for cash..It can be frustrating for a buyer to invest (usually months) scrolling real estate websites, (or weeks if you read our newsletter :) but in all seriousness I would say for every two offers made, one transaction ultimately closes. 

But in my experience most sellers don't know about the AFR rules, and are willing to accept the Buyers terms as long as they ultimately get a price (value) on the property they want.

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Above that income level the rate climbs to 20 percent.But ultimately it’s  personal decision, loaded with plus and minuses. let us know what you decide to do!