However, this structure provides two main benefits: 1) I don't have to build a big marketing machine to raise money.  

They raised it and it is in the wild. 

I was born and raised in America, and still have most of my investments there.

Keep your prices just a hair lower than your competitors for the first month or two until you get some good reviews, then raise them to market rate.

It is VERY important for all of us including BP to constantly raise the bar in our industry and stand guard at the door of our wallets so we all can literally have bigger pockets!

Now you just need to raise funds to buy more of them.

But to accelerate things I'd look to raise additional income, ideally from a side business, and then invest in quality real estate.I believe you should grow your portfolio-wide (more properties), before at some point you decide to grow it deep (paying off debt).

I helped some BP clients purchase a package of fourplexes last year and they've already raised rents by 15% in a little over a year of ownership.

However, prop 13 is a gift to long holds, my interest rates are high 2s or in the 3s, and everything was financed (cashed out) between Dec 2020 and Dec 2021 (when the government tells you they are going to raise interest rates, it is generally a good idea to believe them).

SO WAIT FOR THIS THEY GAVE HER A RAISE , yes , increased her pay , more money .