I must choose between incurring substantial management fees each year or self-managing the property as I originally intended, but without the security that a deposit typically provides.In curious if anyone knows what my legal options would be here.

Depending on the areas you choose you can have fantastic cash flow.

It's important to choose that one and commit to using it.

-if you choose to invest in a syndication, you may want to spend months or even years building a network and finding one. 

After everything was fixed and they listed the unit, apparently they claimed that I was not allowed to have any understanding of who would be renting my home due to potential bias and discrimination (this is the first time I have not been able to view applicants general profile (credit score/occupation(removing any identity markers)), but fine, I let them choose the tenant and so far there hasn't been any issues.

I built our portfolio slowly, in part because it’s difficult to buy with discipline in an undisciplined market, but also in part because investors didn’t choose to invest with us because our projected returns weren’t as attractive as other groups.  

Hi Sweta, having a business bank account for rental income is a good choice and choosing a software to order the accounting. 

Yes, especially on your first deal.Please keep in mind that if you choose to go unrepresented, the agent you are speaking with represents the SELLER and has a fiduciary responsibility to get them the highest price and best terms. 

Well, let's see, there is about 14,527 destinations to choose from, and about 47,398 opinions as to what is smart or dumb....

Hey Jacob,I’m relatively new to purchasing for the purpose of investing but have had an STR before that I sold regrettably.