Understand the neighborhood and understand what makes a house go up in value and what just makes a house livable. 

I also suspect the vast majority of lenders will take exception to your mom being the 1st position lien (look up strategic default).

With this set up, the turn-key provider can walk with you through this process and help advise you on decisions, which can be extremely beneficial being your first investment property or your 100th property.

Ended up moving and renting as a LTR> cash-flow play. 

He actually already locked up a subto deal and is looking for a buyer to help the family avoid foreclosure since they are in a bind.

So many hosts waste their prime real estate with Airbnb (the listing title) on generic adjectives and throwaway opinions. If you want more clicks, get straight to the features that matter most to your guests. That mea...

Very Simple @Jaren Taylor.You need an SEC attorney that specializes in Syndicates  and more than likely a transaction attorney to set these up for you. 

Outsource tasks like admin work or cold calling to virtual assistants (VAs) to free up your time for more important tasks.3.

Buy and holds is the key to true wealth with all the benefits of depreciation, appreciation, loan pay down by your tenants, leveraging the equity, cash-flow etc etc, but it often times isn't the active income that pays the bills until you build up a portfolio and even then there's the tenant management or managing your property managers.That's why I'm involved in all 3.

You've done well with your Class A rental, generating $500/mo in cash flow, this adds up over time.