.), travel costs (related tobusiness), kids (income shifting by payingthem to work for you, meaning business related), membership, conferences &education, meal expenses for business, retirement strategies (selfdirected investing, tax-free or tax deducted, 401K/IRA)depreciation Pro-active Planning / Get a taxadviser Talk to your tax adviser inadvance Fire OutOrganize expenses, listquestions, changes (buy, sell, etc. properties.)Changing entity type from LLC toS-Corp etc.

My best advice is to meet your lenders face-to-face at real estate clubs, conferences, or other professional events.

I witnessed a prime example at a national REI conference recently when a new but solid “cash buyer” proposed a live question to a panel of “experts.”

I also met a few investors who live in Texas at recent real estate conference - the advantage living there there's no state income tax and they're able to make the numbers work even with higher property taxes.

For those of you with an interest in learning more about vacation rental investments in the Pocono Mountains of Northeast Pennsylvania, the Poconos Association of Vacation Rentals Owners is delighted to announce that Bill Faeth of Build Short Term Rental Wealth will be a keynote speaker at the Poconos STR Conference on March 7, 2024 at the Camelback Resort. 

Please read my recent post in the Starting Out forum "Takeaways from REI Conference to my California friends."

And what I did was a fly buy program I did a big production in SF Bay Area I rented a big conference room gave out stone tickets and spent probably 60k on marketing to drive traffic to the event..

Lowering prices on slower days can fill in the gaps, and it’s also worth setting longer minimum stays in advance to mitigate low booking volume over time.In my experience, mid-week travelers are usually on the road for work—client meetings, interviews, conferences, that sort of thing.

But, I do like having an agent to confer with, to be sure I'm not missing something.

We use Appfolio in our office and love it, and I know there are people out there who use Turbo Tenant as well, I actually met their CEO at a conference and he was extremely knowledgeable of the struggle in keeping track of it all.