Hi Dennis, I'm facing a serious issue with Blue Orion, who are illegally occupying my home and collecting payments on Airbnb without paying me for months.

There are a few ways to go about optimizing the equity in the property to accomplish your goals.  

It’s been an exhilarating journey, and one aspect I’ve found particularly fascinating is the critical role of property management in optimizing investment returns.

Also, focus on 2 years of job/income stability.Class D Properties:Cashflow vs Appreciation: Typically, all cashflow with little, maybe even negative, relative rent & value appreciationVacancy Est: 20%+ should be used to cover nonpayment, evictions & damages.Tenant Pool: majority will have FICO scores under 560, little to no good tradelines, lots of collections & chargeoffs, recent evictions.

(The property’s home state and your state of tax residence will both want money if they collect income tax.)If the property is only in his name you avoid all the taxes by waiting until his death to give your daughter the property.

some small collections, clean mortgage and 5 year payment history.

This will help you make informed decisions about future investments and optimize your portfolio.Scale your investments: As you gain experience and confidence in real estate investing, consider scaling your investments by purchasing larger properties or expanding into different markets.By following these steps and staying disciplined in your approach, you can successfully invest in real estate and build a profitable portfolio as a software engineer.

After cooling down, I thought about it and decided to share the experience with others so that collectively we are better prepared to address these types of responses and determine how best to respond to them. 

Whatever urges you're satisfying through these oddly personal inquiries of people who rent from you can be more cheaply satisfied by collecting your rent and making those connections far away from your properties. 

I understand that we all would like to be able to buy cash flowing rental properties at a low interest rate with zero deferred maintenance and sit back and collect checks.