Katie,I am HomeVestors Franchise and will openly admit that I wouldn't be where I am today in my REI career if it wasn't for the quality of mentorship that I have received.

After that you can decide on what market/area you want to invest in In order to house hack I'd have to have the type of income to quality for a home and here in my state the home market is between $350k to $600 kMy income would only qualify me for Maybe $150k worth of house.Im unaware how to move forward with a house hacking option at these prices.

After reading Rich Dad Poor Dad and Second Chance by Robert Kiyosaki.

Best to buy 2-4 unit, live in one, rent the rest.Recommend you first figure out the property Class you want to invest in, THEN figure out the corresponding location to invest in.If you apply Class A assumptions to a Class B or C purchase, your expectations won’t be met and it may be a financial disaster.If you buy/renovate a Class A property in Class D area, what quality of tenant will you get?

You gave me some quality information I hadn’t heard of a direct booking strategy for repeat guests before.

(Location of ads or quality of ads/photos.)

Owning two less expensive homes for long-term rentals offers diversification and stable cash flow, but may also generate lower monthly cash flow and property quality issues.

That's the category of lender you want to avoid falling into.This is a roundabout way of saying if you can show real value to your borrowers by understanding their business you will attract the best quality borrowers with the best collateral and can charge a premium for your services because they are the borrowers who understand what's most important in a lending relationship and its not solely the rate or origination fees.

As far as the quality of advice at a bigbox store - it is highly variable.

Prime rental market, good quality tenants because of higher asking rent Lessons learned?