While there are undeniable challenges—higher interest rates, tighter lending conditions, and market uncertainty—there are also unique opportunities that can make real estate a very prudent choice if approached thoughtfully.

Any tools, APIs, or approaches you’d recommend?

I appreciate the structured approach you've outlined for getting started in real estate investing.

Note: We do 50+ investment property loans a month and the most important thing I tell BUYERS of properties being sold as or soon to be STR is make sure you are paying the market price per square foot and do NOT buy based on income approach/CAP rate.

We will come up with many different immigration questions as this occurs, but you approach each the same way you would do REI.A. 

My idea to achieve this is to convert the studio into a short-term rental.I’m trying to determine if I’m forcing this deal to work by relying on the short-term rental strategy or if it’s a reasonable approach given the numbers.

Our approach enabled Carol to focus on executing the project without financial constraints.

This brings me to now, I've taken this approach and have used my own money in lending, but am also bringing in friends and family to take part in these transactions so they can earn way better returns than with CD's.

I don't need to add another unnecessary layer when I could just invest in some passive approach that is much easier to manage.

Cost segregation utilizes the MACRS approach.