That deal taught me that off-market properties offer something you rarely find on the MLS: opportunity paired with creativity.I realized I didn’t need to rely solely on what everyone else was chasing.

This is becoming more true for government employees clearly given the recent "Use It" act which will require 400,000 government employees to go from a remote to a hybrid role which started in January of 2024 and will continue to ramp up as time goes on (Source 1, Source 2)This trend will continue as companies realize more increasingly they need to be at least hybrid to be competitive.

It wasn't till i realized that my mom had been house hacking all her life that it really clicked for me.

I want to dive in and work towards my first SFH rental but when I realized my mortgage went up by 200 bucks in escrow alone I had a day dream of paying it off for sure!

I am the only real estate investor with my bookkeeper and at first she thought this was a little overboard but once she started setting rules in Quickbooks to simplify her work she quickly realized how simple this method makes things.

Most of the people I know that tried it realized you need to devote all of your time to one or the other to be successful.

See Lesson #1.I didn’t realize this was public until I posted it.

Like you mentioned , the prices are going down because a lot of people thought you could just buy a property and slap it on airbnb , expecting it to rent well without doing improvements , not realizing that the market would be overstaturated with " C and D " quality properties ( A+ are the properties i'm speaking of)I'm seeing that you can buy those type properties( A+ potential) that have simply been under utilized and 1.

Bob doesn't realize his payment didn't clear until he gets his statement, he is in default, Joe calls the note due just to get at Bob and knowing Bob can't pay it off.

Many real estate investors don’t realize how much they can benefit from separating personal and business credit.