@Derick Jennings Without knowing more about your situation, I'd likely recommend a house hack, a strategy I wish I would have known about when I got started.

Start a reverse 1031 exchange. 

I’m not sure you could really scale a STR on Shopify but you could always start there and migrate to another platform. 

Hey gang - A partner and I just started a local RE investor meetup.Q: For anyone that attends these regularly or runs one....what are some of your best practices/tips/tricks to keep your audience engaged and growing?

I didn’t just wake up and start bagging deals and becoming an all-around cheerleader for success.

Excited to start this chapter in my life.

Paul has started at least 3 separate threads in the past few days announcing to the world the success he's having with section 8 rentals and repeatedly reminds us he doesn't have a clue how to calculate the true operational costs associated with these properties. 

Quote from @Steven Diaz: Hello,Was going to start construction on a two story 3bd 3.5ba 1500sqft primary home and a 2bd 2.5ba 800sqft ADU.  

I felt I had a good head start since I was already a real estate agent and was very comfortable with finding comps and figuring out the ARV.

@Dennis KnappJ Scotts book on estimating rehab costs is a great start. https://store.biggerpockets.com/products/the-book-on-estimat...Here is a "general" rule of thumb for my market in Jacksonville, FL.