in a vast interview process with many steps before allowing someone to move in. a new roomie is an everyone-decision, not a landlord-only decision; if you're expecting people to co-exist in a space together (for longer than just a few months), you have to make sure they all have some things in common, or at minimum have the right expectations in terms of cleanliness and routine habits.someone working the night shift and someone else having a 5am rise-time, or someone who works from home in a call-center job is not going to jive well for example. and someone who doesnt handle conflict well is not going to jive with someone who is brutally honest and up front about issues. happy to go into more deets on how we do things if it will help. this can certainly be lucrative in terms of cash flow, but there are huge mud puddles i have stepped in over the years which i have had to learn to navigate.

But it sounds like you should also balance your decision on what fits you and your families preference and style since you will be using it personally. 2.

Investors should fully understand that Section 8 is not a cure-all for Class C & D tenant challenges, it's just trading one set of problems for another.We see too many investors not doing enough research to fully understand all this and making naïve investing decisions.

Don't let taxes drive your investment decision.

No one right decision for everyone. 

In the end, many fail because they make a decision based on the wrong motivation. 

In October 2022, I got notified that my loan through Center Street Lending was cancelled (because there had been no activity on the loan)and that I would need to find another source of financing.

We hope to eventually have multiple properties, but want to take our time to learn and make the right decisions with our first rental.

The worst investment decision I've made to date actually has nothing to do with REI.

The decision to do a cost seg generally comes down to whether or not you can actually benefit currently from the additional depreciation.