If I would have bought a sustained portfolio with multiple units rather than starting with a single purchase I truly believe I would have lost a lot of money while my systems flailed rapidly attempting to catch up. 

Does the seller owe the buyer money or does the buyer owe the seller for property tax prorations? 

I ended up doing that in 2021 and found properties that have made me money rather than costing me money every month. 

When I did my research for buying my properties in Costa Rica, I had one of the big STR management companies like Evolve analyze my potential profits and I used that info to raise money through bringing on partners to buy the properties. 

If you cash out equity in a property, you are "borrowing" that money from the lender.

Save that down payment money you mentioned or go for a multi family at a higher price than the single but have rental income. 

Raising money is all about marketing and sales (not real estate specific) so either hire marketing agency and read sales books, or hop on some LinkedIn courses on marketing and sales.Not sure the legal structure to use: talk to accountants and attorneys.Need deal flow: talk to brokers and go to a lot of networking events.Lending terms: start calling banks and loan brokers.From there, it is all risk mitigation. 

Instead they go about it a** backwards and add more red tape and more complications costing the city and it's residents more money

Hey everyone, I’m just curious if any of you have any good links to blogs about saving money on food costs for a family.

Higher risk structures can achieve higher IRRs, but can also break even or even lose money.