I'm in Jacksonville and I'm an Airbnb coach/consultant and often work with hosts looking to expand their portfolio.

Evening all!I'm new to the investing world and am looking to utilize some home equity to make a purchase by end of year. Target market is Davenport, IA and the surrounding area in Iowa due to my family being there and...

I believe in learning as you go and not giving up easily.

Thank you Mike - we've certainly been a bit conservative lately on the bridge front, which has served us well as a lot of competitors have stretched and gotten into trouble, planning on cautiously but smartly expanding and improving on the bridge front soon

You can easily create your own calculators with AI tools, so save your money.

A local condo that you can easily check on might be a good way to learn the ropes of being a landlord without adding the complexity of long-distance management.Out-of-state investing, especially in areas prone to natural disasters like hurricanes, comes with additional risks.

Is college NIL money in athletics a new tenant category that will continue to grow and expand? 

If you can't find local deals that make sense, you might want to expand your market area to include nearby secondary or tertiary markets, or even consider bigger properties farther away.

I use Turbotenant as my Property Management Software (PMS) to manage my properties and while I'm setting up my properties on it I can easily market the property with a click of a button and it will push out to all platforms that Zillow does not own: Apartment.com, Redfin, etc. 

If it's not a lot you could easily end up upside down in this home in a shaky market and that's bad news if the buyer/tenant becomes a problem.