I chose this area for two reasons, the first is that the South Gate Entrance has the least issues.

Creative Freedom: You get to design and transform spaces, which can be personally fulfilling.The Bad: Where Flippers Lose Money⚠️ Underestimating Repair Costs: Surprise structural issues, contractor delays, and material price spikes can kill your budget.⚠️ Market Changes: A hot market today might cool down before you sell, which reduces the profit.⚠️ Financing Challenges: Hard money loans carry high interest rates that nibble into the bottom line.Unrealistic timelines: If you think you're going to be in and out in 60 days, you're sadly mistaken-most flips take longer than expected.Real Talk: Is Fix and Flip Still Worth It?

They will issue an IRS Form 1099 in January, reporting your total taxable income to you and the IRS.

Also, keep in mind that if you do self manage, you do put yourself at more risk for a legal issues.

My guess is there are some STR owners or managers genuinely unaware their current pricing exceeds the price gouging thresholds until it is brought to their attention.]Will PriceLabs and other dynamic pricing tools- respond quickly and appropriately to these issues?

We try to get ahead of the issue by preventing it in the first place.

As far as financing, if you have real CF then it shouldn't be an issue.

Foreign income is not the issue as much as the guidelines were changed to that an NPR has be living/working in the US to qualify for agency lending. 

@Eric Huntermark There are two big issues to be a real estate investor.

A bad manager can quickly turn a promising investment into a headache.Pro-formas look great on paper, but if the property isn’t managed well—poor tenant screening, long vacancies, maintenance issues, or hidden fees—those projected returns can disappear fast.