Understand the fees involved and calculate the total cost for an entire year of management so you can compare the different managers.

I read everything I could about automotive facilities; spoke with brokers who had been involved in transactions in these type properties, and attended meetings, conferences, and joined associations of automotive repair shop owners4.

With that being said, I have been involved in over 50 Flips here in San Diego.

If your wife is a stay-at-home mom and is involve with managing the rentals you may want to explore Real Estate Professional Status as an alternative tax strategy or along side your STR tax strategy.

First, ensuring that each property or group of properties is held in a separate LLC can limit exposure, confining potential liability to the specific entity involved.

If a couple divorces and there is real estate with a mortgage involved, what is the best way to divide the asset?

@James McGovern and now that the DOJ has gotten involved in our business that Rep agreement needs to be signed ( well it always should have, but now dates will be verified ) so yes if you want to work with a professional Realtor that little document is part of the process.

I’m also exploring the idea of starting a nonprofit dedicated to this mission—helping youth get acclimated to real estate investing and setting them up for a financially secure future.If anyone in this community is interested in contributing or being involved in such a venture, I’d love to connect and discuss how we can make a bigger impact together.

They still need to be able to qualify for mortgages and have a down payment, so the government isn't giving them all of the down payment.Some one in another post (I think it was Jay Hinrichs) mentioned that when governments get involved in regulating rentals, the net end result is higher rent prices because of fewer rentals.  

They were previously involved with a group in Columbia who I hear was successful with a similar model.