I was thinking of doing Airbnb arbitrage in Cincinnati but discovered that there is a restriction that the STR operator has to live within 50 miles of the property.

Then your strategy of offer full price and then negotiate down / what if they say we will fix the repairs then you would be forced to close and lose your EMDNot sure where you came up with this but many will view components of this as unethical and why investors get a bad rap from politicians

While we were in escrow, the title company discovered that the owner didn't disclose a second mortgage on the house to neither her agent nor the title company, her plan was trying to dismiss the foreclosure in court and hope this would go away before anyone would find out about it.

The seller in our case clearly knew of the issues since they had an inspection done before I closed the property but failed to provide us with the report anyway.I am thankful to have discovered the brave folks here at BP who have shared their stories.

There are a couple of key components to this.

If you don't have a credit card, I would recommend Discover's credit card for college students. 

They sound like regular conversations where the RE professional/investor is genuinely interested in discovering the seller's pain points to help find a solution.All the best!

While I've been enrolled in an online course, I've found it to be quite costly and not as practical as I'd hoped.I recently discovered BP through a friend, and I'm amazed at the wealth of knowledge and support this community offers.

@Dakota Williams While it’s nice to improve the ARV and obtain appreciation for when you sell I’ve discovered that most of the time I can’t access that “hidden value” because to refi out the new value would leave the property with negative cash flow.

Our plan was to do the traditional house-hack, but things haven’t gone as planned.During some self-testing followed by professional testing, we discovered lead in several high-traffic areas of the home.