Many people start out active because they want exposure to real estate and don't know that you can start out passive - you can effectively hire the asset manager and supply capital to the investment.You can have great success as an active or a passive investor - but it is important to understand the difference and to select whichever option matches your skills and resources the best.Good luck!

Just go through them, select the renovated/closely matching ones, and enter them into a model.Here's my fix & flip model, you can see the comps entered and some quick stats below them: Then I use that comp data to adjust the Sale Price in the model to what I estimate it will be (double check the resale $/sf is in-line with the comps), then adjust the purchase price until I hit my desired return level. 

I will not expect it to match my usual return.

Depending on the price range we generally offer $2,500 towards cost/buydowns for a preferred builder partners but our partners generally match that if not greater than. 

By doing this, I can better match deals to their needs while creating a smoother and hopefully faster process for both the seller and the investor. 

The case I was interested in was distribution, leading to income reported in K1 (e.g. depreciation doesn't match the income made that year).

There you will be asked your criteria and then after answering a few questions you will be matched with 3-5 agents or loan officers in your area.

This ensures your books match the timing of your taxable income.It sounds like you're off to a great start—make sure everything is categorized correctly and consult a CPA to confirm your setup.

FF will not send possible housing requests unless they are an exact match for what you offer or if the resident chooses to send a direct message. 

Try other places, and see if your belief of what matters most to Airbnb ranking matches the reality.