I have read the book on long distance investing and still am not too confident to get started.

Hey @Justin Brown, what @John Underwood said is spot on.SLC has been restricting STRs for a long while now and it isn't going to get better.People who have STRs in areas where they are not allowed are breaking the law and will eventually pay the price.Having said that, you should check and see if there are certain areas where it is allowed in some way and that is why they exist there.

I have several different loan products but my most popular one is the new joint venture product that hasn't been out very long.

Long story short, ended up buying the property after getting to know the owners who were cleaning up when I went over to ask them permission to cut down the leaning branches toward their roof.

Quote from @Devin James: Im currently learning this lesson with New Builds that have taken twice as long to complete than anticipated.....Finishing a Real Estate project ASAP is critical because...1) Holding Costs add up quickly- Loan Interest- Property Taxes- Insurance2) Investor Capital- Our financial projections are dependent on how fast we can turn our investors capital.

I'll usually eat $100 - $200 worth of touch-up cleaning for a long-term tenant.

For a while now, I had layered in Stessa.com for finances: expense management, tax prep, reporting, etc.

Do not have this conversation at 8:00 PM on a weeknight after a long day.

In fact, some of the best opportunities in real estate come from properties that others overlook—distressed homes with potential that just need the right investor to bring them back to life.If you’ve been in the game long enough, you know that distressed properties can offer huge upside, but they also come with their own set of challenges.

Now he has sold the company and is more of a flat rate charge based loosely on how long it takes him to prepare the return.