This brings me to now, I've taken this approach and have used my own money in lending, but am also bringing in friends and family to take part in these transactions so they can earn way better returns than with CD's.

It’s in pretty good shape at this point, rentable.I travel a lot for work, and a friend gave me the idea to do a short term rental as a one bedroom, locking all of my stuff in the other bedroom and office - I applied today and was denied because I don’t own both sides of my HPR, even though I have written permission from the owner of the other half….

In the NE states, AKA tenant friendly states, I would always have a PM to help protect my interests.

Feel free to reach out to me for a friends and family discount code.

A friend years ago had over 40 inner city rowhouses.

I don’t want anything in return—just hoping to network, make new friends, and maybe be of help or value to you in any way.If you're up for grabbing a quick lunch, coffee, or beer (on me!)

Close friends?

To get started, consider focusing on house hacking in California with properties like duplexes or single-family homes with ADUs, or explore out-of-state rentals in landlord-friendly markets like Ohio or Georgia.

The LLC is a partnership between myself and another friend who's also an investor.

We live in the bay area because this is where our jobs are and we have family in the area, but we prefer to invest in landlord friendly states.