Find Brandon's videos on YouTube for the "four square" method of analyzing homes and practice.

Just like all markets, you really need to connect with a local agent who knows their craft and practices what they preach.

Find Brandon's videos on YouTube for the "four square" method of analyzing homes and practice.

We have an awesome mentor, and now we are ready to put what we learned into practice.

They have some deceptive practices in place, especially with their cancellation policies.

I know that most people who OWN a property and put it on airbnb claim the income on Schedule E ("passive income"), which avoids having to pay the 15.3% self-employment tax.I'm wondering if those who are practicing rental arbitrage by renting the place that they list on airbnb also claim the income on Schedule E, or if you claim it on Schedule C bc you don't own the place that you're listing on airbnb.Whether you own or rent the property that you list on Airbnb, the activities are the same: acquiring the property, furnishing it, activating utilities, listing it on Airbnb, hiring cleaning services, etc, etc.

I get this, but doesn't this practice seem unfair?

An investor friendly agent can do all sorts of helpful things, like setting you up with a search for properties or connecting you with folks who have recently done deals like the ones you want to do. 6) Consider analyzing a deal or two in your local market, just for practice, with a free use of our Rental Property Calculator (or other calculators).

The practicality of doing this on your site varies depending on how encapsulated the site is by the floodplain and if there is enough space to build it up with dirt, etc. 

Possible but in practice it would be tough to pull off.