Yea, the area is not the best and the passed 2-3 months is always pretty tough to rent.

I know the restrictions are pretty strict for STR’s but was wondering if it’s the same level of regulation for arbitrage.

I just got my Real Estate license and am pretty happy to have passed on the first try.

The math for investing was pretty obvious to everybody that it would be hard to lose money by buying a home for 50% to 70% of the rebuild cost.

I also usually compound the return by reinvesting my payments, so the present 12% fund effectively returns 14.38% which is pretty awesome.  

Those are all pretty vague questions.

I looked at Sapphire pretty hard last year, and made a couple of offers there, but in the end decided it wasn't the market for me.

From there we identify properties that could have some potential and if you are interesting in diving deeper, 1) we do a thorough video walkthrough to give you a realistic look of the property, 2) we give a ballpark estimate of rehab costs (we do 40 a year with our GCs o we will get pretty close), 3) we talk through market rent with our property management team, ARV, and potential highest and best use.Ideally you find great investor agents who know their market really well and have a network of resources to provide you with enough confidence to take reasonable action. 

I've also leveraged that capability to build some pretty cool dashboard on my end to occupancy, revenue, and cancellation rates across all platforms. 

I have come across a few investing academies that help you set up an LLC and pretty much hold your hand in setting up your first arbitrage or Airbnb property.