People often want to look you in the eye and see if they are willing to take the next step in trusting you with something that is extremely important to them.Youtube is owned by google and is the 2nd largest search engine.

If the conversion of use doesn’t trigger any depreciation recapture or other negatives, then I could theoretically: buy a home, rent it as an STR for one year, claim all my bonus depreciation to offset W2 income, and then covert it to an LTR year 2.

This was EXTREMELY helpful!  

Cash for Keys (C4K) can be extremely costly, time consuming, and risky.

The current system is extremely efficient and effective.  

I really see Columbus Ohio as an extremely safe bet for the next 10-20 years.

And on the other extreme, a hard money loan would be overkill, likely requiring vastly more than 25% down to boot.Between those two extremes sits bridge financing.

It's been extremely good to me.Happy to talk about that market and share some resources if you're interested.

The cost of living is extremely low compared to other cities and you can still many many positive cash flowing and 1% deals here.

That's amplified as a newer investor because you aren't going to be able to call BS like someone experienced might be.If you are able to work with the right folks you can do extremely well.