I’ve been hearing some chatter about large hotel chains lobbying significant funds to push for regulations or outright bans on short-term rentals like Airbnb.

Of course, SWFL got a large brunt of it, and the islands look pretty devastated. 

I WAS going to say you’d be setting yourself up for a large tax bill on that $200k, assuming investment.

- Question for investors: What can a developer, with less experience w/large scale deals, do to bring value to a more experienced developer?

There are Class A industrial projects underway and the development of a large retailer.

-If its a large house that has a dedicated laundry room on the first floor, throw in stackable  laundry units on the bedroom floor.

They already cancelled many large complex deals or doubled their price for the past few years.

@Karen SmithAs jay mentioned private lending has been around forever and it’s really not on the rise - I think it’s always been a large player in the real estate investment space for short term loans.

My underwriting would have this large negative cash flow for 7 years.I would do a thorough underwriting but want to show using quick math the issue so I will use the 50% rule.  

For example, maybe you will get to 10, 20, 30 houses and then find an owner who has a large portfolio and all of a sudden you are at a high door count and now need to hire, need to build your policy binder, and all the other stuff that comes with running a business.