The customer signs our contract , we get 1 /3 down .Now people tend to thing thats for materials , thats partially right , First it secures you a time frame , if you cancel we keep the deposit as liquidated damages .

I tend to work them out the few I get.. 

The lesson here: Airbnb tends to have your back. 

I tend to believe that could be a reasonable stat for the experienced investors, however, I don't know where you even get enough accurate data to formulate anything.

My "day job" is in digital marketing (corporate, not "influencer"), so that tends to be my sandbox ;-) Thanks John!

Quote from @Pat Aboukhaled: Chris, that’s a great question, and it’s one that tends to trip people up more often than you’d think.

Without major rent increases, multi-family property values tend to stay flat.

These are all areas where home prices tend to be more volatile than other parts of the country.This is likely due to their relatively high loan-to-value ratios, and larger share of the market that is dominated by home flippers.

They tend to have worked with a lot of PM's in the area and can help you weed out the good and bad options. 

LLC's have their place, but they are overhyped and new investors tend to overestimate their importance and underestimate the administrative effort.I have been a landlord for 15 years and well connected, yet I don't know anyone who was very saved by an LLC, so I asked BP nation:https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/926/topics/1151922-than...