It helped me get the house setup better for both my cleaner and guests.

We use Stripe for our direct bookings and don't charge a credit card fee to our guests.

You don't want your guest putting utilities in their own names because this is one of the items that is part of the litmus test in certain jurisdictions for establishing residency and therefore conveying long term tenant rights.

Assess your current financial status and identify how much capital you have available for real estate investments.

He recommended Ohio Cashflow as a business who had a 100% positive review status, and which was run by a fellow Aussie.

Brrr is really hard right now, I think this does a good job of explaining the challenges https://x.com/sfr_investor/status/1755369398456725730?

@Mike DymskiWatching Impact Theory now with Emad Mostaque as a guest, talking about AI

Get the best possible location you can afford and let your guests subsidize your living expenses. 

Gone are the gold rush days of 3% interest and 5% down payments.

Perhaps that's partly impacted by them wanting to build many at once, rather than than one at a time (as the constant construction would disturb guests).