Purchase price: $199,900 My first real estate purchase, which I converted into a short-term rental, I rented for half the year when I was away.

Only about half of the eligible voters in the US even bother to vote, so I think the extremists are much smaller in number than the moderates or the non-political/ don't give a crap crowd.

Now, we are 1 month strong and counting in renting out the top 2 bedrooms on airbnb, with us living in the bottom half (completely separate) - here's how it's going so far:Guests Stayed: 15Reviews: 5 stars, 8 reviews, super hostOccupancy: We had 3 nights of where 1 bedroom wasn't rented.

Before I moved down to Florida full-time, I used to rent my house in Largo for half the year on Airbnb/VRBO to help pay the mortgage when I was not here.

If the lanlord does not match tax records that can only mean that they are lying or the property has changed hands recently and the tax records have not been updated (in Milwaukee it can take half a year..) 

@Lily Rodriguez your profile says you're a real estate broker, if that's the case I'm shocked that you post on Zillow and not on the MLS for 2 reasons, one according to the association  rules you're required to list all your properties on the MLS (assuming you joined a association) second Zillow is not our friend, Zillow competes with us and tries to push clients to their Premier agents costing the listing agent half a month rent.Quote from @Lily Rodriguez: Marcus,If you want more exposure you can list it on the MLS, and you will have to pay a fee to the agent that brings you the tenant then you will have to do a credit check and background check yourself for each applicant however for my clients I prefer to list it on Zillow rentals only, because I can manage the applications directly from there and the prospective tenant only pays $35 application fee once and can apply for different properties with the same application fee.

The rich get richer, and like George Carlen said--it's a great big club...But given that....don't see the glass as half empty, instead see it as half full.If you want to be a big fish (accredited investor) RISK your investment money in things you think will get you to that goal.

The easiest way to avoid the licensing issues is to simply lend money, or buy paper on investment properties. 90% of the states do not require a license to originate, lend, or buy and sell paper if the subject property is Non Owner Occupied, ie: Business Purpose Real Estate, ie Investment Property. 

If the only debt problem is the mortgages, attempting a short sale would be the easiest way out of this, with the fastest recovery time.

Price point is around half of Nashville's but it's going to continue to grow from all my estimations.