There's a local STR pro that buys large, luxury homes and rents them STR as event homes for the Festivals, Tennis tourney, weddings, etc.

I'm getting married in July and my fiance and I have set a goal to buy our first rental property within our first year of marriage as our "Anniversary/wedding gift" to ourselves.

One of my close friends (best man at my wedding) have me $30k as a gift.

Hey Alan Howard,  There is a meetup in Battle Creek on Wed evenings. 

Including only things that are "In Play" investmentwise.Leaving things out such as your wife's wedding ring, jewelry, your personal home(s), personal vehicle(s), boat, snowmobile, camper, personal cash reserves, etc...It depends on what you want to see decisionwise.Good Luck!

To pay for our youngest son's wedding. 

Hey @Stephen Betteridge, congratulations on your upcoming wedding!   

Hey BP community,I'm a first time homebuyer that wants to make my first home a rental down the road and I'm evaluating a property in Hurst that I have an opportunity to jump on pre-market.Here are the details on the house:1316 Redbud dr. 3bd/2bath1910sqft, 10+ year old AC/Heat system 4 yr old roofold water heaterThe house needs new floors in all bedrooms and the kitchen needs updating.Enclosed rear porch.The comps in the immediate area, based on my rookie evaluation came out around 220k and they want 230k for the house as-is with a lease back option for a couple months to accommodate my upcoming wedding.

He schedules for that wed/thurs and cancels out of the blue.  

You will learn more from them than you could imagine.At a wedding for one of these guys' kids, he told me I was as much as a son to him as any of his blood children.