Hi Haley - It can be difficult finding the right lender, especially when credit unions aren’t aligning with your needs.

Finding $ today is much more difficult today than 2-3 years ago.

This seems to be a very difficult concept to comprehend.Property Managers are not an off-the-rack commodity that perform equally. 

it's much, much more difficult to invest OOS than advertised - you are much more dependent on your team. 

I am looking to start my real estate investment journey but it is difficult starting out in the bay area.

It's better to fall into the category of investor 3, but even those investors fail to maximize the benefits of the equity they generated.Investors in category 1 & 2 generally have a difficult time with dispositions.

My two cents of thought is this: if finding properties is so difficult, you have to get on the other side of the problem and profit from being part of the solution.

It is not difficult to debug the future from their investments using their own website.most STR/LTR syndication that had strong presence should be :- working in local niche market only- has five to ten years experience- had open book / track record mentality- the audited financial statement should be available to understand the business.STR market itself is very risky investment in my opinion, now you add fund/syndication then you have double big problem.one out of five hotel syndication is going for bankruptcy in the last two years , and we expect STR to survive ?

But, due to being self-employed, it is extremely difficult to get accepted for any kind of FHA loan.

Basically, this will make it difficult to get an STR permit if you are no5 already operating the unit as an STR.