A good Realtor that knows investing should be able to connect you with a great PM in the area where you plan to buy.

I learned about them from a Rent to Retirement podcast where they interviewed a former W2 FT sales guy in tech (that's me today...) turn real estate investor.

The last part is where results happen.

However, prices on $1M homes haven't really appreciated all that much and we are looking to move to something much smaller near where our kids go to school. 

@Dhruv Patel I believe you are getting ahead of yourself....Where in the US are you all-in (land acquisition, soft costs, hard construction) on new construction multi-family for $100/ft.

If you've owned for at least that, you're good.If you do a rate/term refinance, where just the hard money balance is paid off, rates will be much better.

As with most municipalities and jurisdictions, the evolution of the AirBnB market has spawned regulation and restrictions on where, when and how a STR can operate.

This has freed up my income substantially from where I was working previously.

A horse and buggy might get me where I want to go, but I'll choose other options.That being said, just because someone is using an algorithm doesn't mean it's the right one.

where do you operate?