Be conservative with your numbers – When using a cash-on-cash calculator, I recommend budgeting at least 10% for maintenance and repairs instead of 5%.

The discipline to run on a budget for a number of years or decades depending on your math, doesn't factor in emergencies or market changes where the HELOC could be used to invest in other places.

This property would have multiple income streams, including as an airbnb, wedding venue, bed and breakfast, corporate retreat. 

I'm relocating to the Upper East Side this June for a three-year period and am considering purchasing a 1-2 bedroom apartment with a budget of $1-2M.

Everyone has budgets and you are not in the luxury bracket where I would worry about young partiers etc.

The ongoing issues are seriously impacting my financial tracking, and it’s disappointing, especially when other budgeting apps using third-party services seem to have no trouble with reliable syncing.I’ve been looking into alternatives like REIHub.

For example we had a group coming to stay for a wedding but after booking realized that it was almost 40 miles downlake from town.

There is no harm in reaching out for a slight difference in budget you can just say that you got there contact on FF and have an available unit slightly above their price range and tell them the price and let them know to get back to you if they are interested.

We would offer more of a budget-friendly option which could include FB marketplace/goodwill -Manages furnished rentals (STR/MTR) for investors.

We went over budget in some areas and in others we were under.