Rewey: Great post topic...I'm going to pop some popcorn and will be back for the show.Just to get things rolling.

The last 5 deals I bought were all basically move in ready, bought only at a slight discount after deals fell through. 

Homestead exemption in LA is a tax break that homeowners get on their primary residence.

My thoughts: don't get set on just one trend since your goal is to purchase in 2026, as we've all experienced, a lot can happen in a year.  

My goal is to get into the project management realm of residential construction to start.

A new owner would get to be a part of that vote.  

Akku, solid move getting into real estate early.

I recommend everyone always create their own IRR calculator as they can get pretty complex and oyu will want to understand all the inputs and outputs. we provide a basic one to those in our membership group but I always recommend build your own and understand not only the numbers but sensitivity that lines up with those inputs.If you are hard money lending thats simple as its just a column of dates and amounts for loan provided and monthly interest and points.

To increase views, go into your listing periodically and lower the daily rate for the week or two after you have an expected vacancy, but increase the nightly rate after those two weeks so that you are still getting your target monthly rent.

Might be able to get 1/4 to 1/2 point better on conventional DTI over a DSCR - could run multiple scenarios to see what works.