I vote stay in the PM role that you love and find another part time job or side hustle to add to your down payment fund.Can you get your own pest spray and tools and hang your shingle as an independent mosquito sprayer on off days, nights and weekends?

I daydream about retiring early and being financially independent, but I know I have to front load my efforts in the next 10 years or so to reap the full benefits later on.

My real estate agent is going to do that on my behalf.Given that this is a new construction and there will be a warranty on the home, does it make sense to spent more on an independent, 3rd party agency to do the home inspection?

Hi folks,I’m planning to buy a multi family in so cal and ran into an issue with my lender.I make high 5s a year but am an independent contractor so I write off a lot of what I make to take best advantage of taxes.

It will show you independent agents that represent multiple companies and will shop for you. 

As far as the Umbrella policy goes you should look at an Umbrella Policy as "excess liability" or "secondary coverage" meaning the underlying policy (home or auto) pays first in a claim situation and if the claim exceeds the limits of the underlying policy THEN the Umbrella kicks in.There are companies that will sell you an Umbrella policy without requiring you to buy another policy from them ...but...they still want to verify your underlying coverage on the home and autos.Geico is an Auto insurance company first - they broker out the homeowners policy to other companies which is why you may not be getting good advice from them...plus it's an 800# and the kid you are talking to may not have any real world experience in what you are trying to do so can't think of any solutions.Try reaching out to a local independent agent or a Farmers agent - Farmers has options to put all but one of your autos in "storage mode", and should be able to combo that with your home as a landlord policy thru Foremost then set up an Umbrella policy for you on the entire package.

I run an independent lodging property looking to discuss traditional and non traditional options. 

The units are all metered independently so I don't have to subtract anything from rents other than typical vacancy, cap x, monthly expense averages..etc. 

Rising mortgage interests rates will make it even worse.Mark Sprague, state director of information capital for Independence Title, said that, "The desire to live in the city of Austin continues to drive home sales.

My goals are simply to become financially Independent using real estate.