Starting real estate investing early is a smart move, especially while leveraging your military benefits.

From my own personal experience and from others I think most reach the "tipping point" from self managing to using a PM somewhere between 5-15  units, especially if you have a W2 and want to continue to scale. 

It also is helpful to have a California LLC in case you ever sell that property and move into another state so that you do not need to form a new LLC altogether with new operating agreement, just re-register in the new state as a new foreign LLC.

Winter always sees fewer people moving, but a lot of people were transitioning for the last 4-5 years.

The goal is to move into another property by spring 2025 to do another live in flip and keep this property for a few years at least.What made you interested in investing in this type of deal?

You can learn about demand, running an airbnb, and all the moving parts.

We all know how expensive the market is in the area and this presents a particular struggle for me as I can't just move to a cheaper area.

I'd use an approved underlayment.Pro Tip: If it's cheap, it's not good.....at least spend in the moderate range.

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Why would they move, its built to their design?