With those stats, you'll pull half the accountants in the forum out of the woodwork, most of us would be more than happy to work with someone in your financial position as it means we can provide a fair amount of value.Whoever you work with, I would recommend you consider finding a firm with substantial experience to offer in both real estate, and estate/gift planning given your goals.. 

@David Hall  the buy a home on credit cards really does not work in CA.. you can't buy homes for 5 to 10k like you can in MI...Nor will a LOI work in most of CA market won't allow it.. and agents with half a brain would not even return a call or e mail.

I'm doing some improvements before listing on Airbnb, including installing a small half bath in the attic bedroom.

It can be done in half the time.

You will likely pay less than half the addition cost, be able to obtain convention f/f financing, will not have to do the work, will not have to deal with a construction zone, will not have cash outlay months before first associated income, etc.  

Half of them are below 30 and have never seen a downmarket in their investing lives, and are getting new investors prioritizing the wrong things, with highly risky strategies backed by long strings of "ifs."

Currently, Microsoft is building three data centers just a couple miles from this location in Malaga.

We lived a few miles from campus and the houses were pretty inexpensive at the time.

It took a year and a half and a lot of work, as well as significantly more dollars than I was insured for.We had a slip and fall medical claim a few years ago that resulted in a settlement of over $200,000.

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