As a person that got into this crazy world as an almost out of work airline pilot with no future potential after 9/11 started buying homes and apartment buildings, after about 20 homes I realized that there were many things I was doing wrong and my business partner and I decided to hand our portfolio over to a PM.

I'm 24 yrs old with a beautiful wife and a soon due baby, and I have a day job as an airline pilot.

Hotel stays, Airline points, timeshare weeks, wine baskets, gift baskets, flowers, etc.  

I'd look into specific frequent flier cards offered by different airlines.

I use to work as a software engineer for 6 years at an airline before the pandemic forced them to layoff all contractors.

ESA does not grant passage on airlines or public transportation.  

.- Personal Credit Card (11% APR and get airline miles with use, current zero balance and max is close to estimate of funds needed for project)- Conventional Rehab Loan - Lender I've used in the past has current 144-mo @5.74 which is also the lowest payment option-Hard Money - Higher rate and upfront cost, but might be good to start making those connections and building relationshipsAnything else I should consider?

hi everyone, this is my first time posting to bigger pocketsi am an airline pilot in my mid 30s and looking to create a new life for my wife and myself and our baby on the way. i have dove deep on BP and been scouring the bookstore and the podcasts and learning as much as i can about investing in real estate. we currently live in a 1b/1ba home we own, and no longer owe any debt. i bought it for $120k in 2015 with 2br/1ba, met my wife the next year, she moved in and we gutted it and rehabbed it ourselves (aside from some structural flooring stuff and the final electric and water connections) and blew the tiny bathroom out into the adjacent bedroom, making the house a 1br/1ba. we did all the framing and flooring, paint and drywall and fixtures ourselves. we plan to add an additional bedroom or two, and possibly another bathroom, in the unfinished attic at some point. i was granted a HELOC for $120,000 with my local bank after it got reappraised a month ago at $163,000. i think we spent around $25,000 on the rehab so i'm feeling pretty darn happy about the situation. obviously the covid exodus from boston and new york have pumped real estate prices but we dont really plan on selling any time soon; but possibly renting it out if i get relocated for work.i am trying to find my first investment deal, and my wife and i have narrowed down our plan to aim for a rental with cosmetic rehab and solid tenant base. we thought about house hacking. i'm not sure of where i'll be sent next with work, but i will be sent somewhere else soon. our local market (vermont) is not very landlord friendly so we are looking at long distance, self-sufficient rental as our first investment. i am leaning toward student rentals, and after searching and comparing prices and stuff we have chosen to focus on a few different college town markets in the TN, KY, WV region. i have found a property i think might fit. its a triplex with three 1br/1ba units and off street parking, split utilities, w/d in each unit, located a half block from campus. it seems in decent shape, its been on the market over 200 days, and is listed at $190,000 in a market i believe i can ask at least $750 per unit for rent, which would bring my cash flow to near $1000/mo if i used the calculator correctly.what next??

Prices for a broad swath of goods and services rose by record amounts in April: used cars and trucks, tires, computers, televisions, furniture, toys, computers and airline fares, among other things.

Then you will have enough points for multiple roundtrip airline tickets (or hotel points) to anywhere in the world.