We made the one room a game room which all adds a lot of value for a STR investment.

I have walked through and bought many hoarder houses but this fentanyl is a new game changer.. my hoarder houses have normally been bull dozed so I just send in the asbestos guy and he will be in full bunny suit.. 

It’s been a while since I last engaged on this forum, and I’m excited to reconnect and start networking again.My name is Corey Flood, and I’m a Cybersecurity Analyst who recently relocated to Dallas, TX.

Hey @Jimmy JarjourIt sounds like you are crushing the education game.

I recently got engaged and my fiance's family own a few real estate properties that they are renting out (majority are condos in Columbia, SC and 1 in Florida).

When it is a new development, it isn't uncommon to see someone use the date the Certificate of Occupancy was issued - perhaps that marks the "ready", but it still might not be "available".So you can certainly have a property in service in a given year, but not actually have any rental income - but certainly your facts and circumstances are much better if you can actually get a tenant in there, that (should) shore up your defense on that question ever coming up unless you are playing weird games just to get a given in service date for tax purposes.

This just speaks to the broader point that Airbnb is no longer an amateur's game.

You have to have some skin in the game or else why would anyone risk their money on you?

Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.

Investing in real estate is typically about leveraging your money to control the most amount of real estate - just like the game of Monopoly!