Hi all,I'm a software engineer at a fintech company making decent salary. I'm going to have about 300k in liquid savings towards the end of the year. I'm interested in real estate investing but know that things are di...

.)- If use the property more than 15 days or 10% of the time it becomes a residenceI suspect this is part of why the STR trend has picked up so greatly amongst professionals working in tech.

If you are tech savvy these will help https://www.going.com/ and https://matrix.itasoftware.com/search

That said, they have the most to offer and aren't afraid of integrating with new tech and apps. 

Low property taxes, landlord friendly and with tech and manufacturing jobs moving from the Bay Area there is strong job growth.

So after a long and healthy Tech career I thought it was time for a change.

Columbus has become a major tech hub in the midwest with large companies like Intel investing $20 billion, Amazon investing $3.5 billion, Google building 2 new data centers: one in downtown Columbus and the other in right outside of U.S. 33 in Lancaster.I recommend working with an investor-friendly agent who focuses on cold-outreach methods like cold-calling, cold-texting, etc to bring you off-market deals.

Regarding Rob Beardsley he grew up in Silicon Valley and learned about real estate and tech from his parents, who ran a real estate brokerage firm from home, thus he had a built-in mentors and good networking to start with in addition to the capital that his parents have preserved for him so he got a good jump start.

Texas, with its strong tech hub and job growth, is worth exploring, but home prices are higher and rent-to-price ratios are often below 0.5%.

I was hoping to get some shared insights into what the best starter tech stack looks like for a wholesaling operation.