On finding an agent, you make a completely valid point about the top producing agents.

🌟 December 2024 Top ROI ZIP, 28262 🌟For the first time ever, only one zip code produced an ROI of 7% or higher!!

From the Great Recession to Q1 2022 it was easy to find RE that seemed very likely to produce outstanding return. 

But if you're willing to take a tiny leap of faith, I think the returns are solid, the diligence and the integrity are there, and the states/markets/submarkets and the asset class are thumbs-up.

Detached: A separate structure like a tiny house, guest house, or mother in-law suite in the backyard.2.

This amounts to lost opportunity because if you had purchased RE, at the closing it can start producing return. 5) ADUs detract from the existing structure whether this is privacy, a garage, or just yard space. 6) this is related to number 1, but there are many more buyers looking to purchase homes for their family than there are RE investors looking to purchase small unit count properties.

Are you taxed on the net or the gross income produced as a non-resident ?

Because, the lender is entitled to know what risk they are taking with their money.That being said, on seller financing, if someone gets sued and loses, the lien/judgement can be filed at the county, (it's not automatic, someone has to prepare and send the paperwork) which the bureaus will pick it up on producing a credit report.

STRs generally produce more income than LTRs, but they are more work.

The rent plus his retirement will actually produce positive cash flow.