Knowing your long-term plans can help you build a long-term financing strategy so that you are not just worried about purchase number 4, but also purchases 5 - 20+ (if you plan to continue to invest).I'm an investor and licensed mortgage broker.

We have been in real estate (long-term rentals) for over 20 years now and looking forward to hanging up the maintenance hat.

If it has any basis at all (such as you left the apartment during your lease term for what you felt was a justifiable reason and stopped paying rent, but the landlord disagreed) then you may be better off paying a rather small settlement.  

Prior to last year, effectively any SFR was eligible for a short term rental license.

Hello everyone, I am analyzing the Indio, CA market as a short term rental investment and we'd love to speak to someone who is self managing their own vacation rental.  

While they only took up a word or two of this story, they took up months and years of my life for which I earned nothing and lost much, at least in the short-term.

Buy the property, lease it up and refinance.One thing you’ll want to know about the credit facility is not necessarily the margin call parameters, which I wouldn’t be concerned with if there is a significant amount of equity in your investors securities securities portfolio, but what are the other terms?

Pensacola has a lot of potential, and I’ve seen investors do really well in the area with both long-term and short-term rentals.Since you’re just getting started, here are a few tips that might help:Know Your Market: Pensacola’s mix of military families, college students, and tourists means there’s a steady demand for rentals.

I have a mix of long term rentals and STRs and rent some of my STSs mid term in the off season so I am happy to share my thoughts and experiences with each strategy in this area.  

Quote from @John Warren: @Mordechai Chaimovitz cap rates and NOI are commercial real estate terms, and 1-4 units are not really valued in the same way.