The ideal location for your first investment often depends on a combination of factors like budget, market growth, and your personal goals.

I a factoring in the replacement of the AC unit and potentially the water heater, and the cosmetic thins (I would do myself) to get it to rentable standard.

When choosing a location for your first rental, it’s great that you’re considering factors like crime rate, population growth, employment rate, and price-to-rent ratio—those are all key metrics.

Bad part about low money programs people don't talk about, before 2022 this would not be a factor

That means their pricing tool is designed to price beneath the rest of the market, which drags the entire market down, especially when combined with their algorithm changes a couple years ago that made pricing (IE lower prices) the #1 factor in ranking.Even if you use an external pricing tool, it gets dragged down by the people using Airbnb's pricing. 

However, 2024’s holiday season was impacted by other compounding factors, making the usual seasonal dip more pronounced.2.

Additionally, have a clear budget, factoring in potential repair costs, and ensure you understand the rules about earnest money deposits and closing deadlines.LLC for Real Estate Investing: Forming an LLC for rental properties can offer liability protection and may provide tax advantages, though the tax benefits are non-existence for rentals.

In my own journey, capital was always the limiting factor, so SFH's are just the default.

I attended a Jerryll Noordan video call just this morning and I left the call feeling totally mislead and concerned about the integrity of the marketing tactics being used to draw investors like us to the video sales calls.I was on Facebook last night and, for the first time, saw Jerryll's ad and clicked on it.

One of the major driving factors for increased premiums is the carrier's requirement for higher replacement cost limits on file for buildings.