.: This is one I’m considering…they’re active in the local RIA here in Orlando (CFRI.net):https://sdrhouses.com/ I know Rob Arnold (broker) personally.

The factors to consider are your overall objectives, your credit score, DTI and personal financial condition I recommend you find a broker or originator whom you can trust and have them weigh your options.

For example we pay our own income taxes, broker splits and all of our other expenses directly out of what we make including required E&O insurance, MLS dues, licensing fees, Board of Realtor dues, continuing education costs, marketing, advertising, office fees/rent, transaction coordinator/ assistant fees, health insurance, car insurance and maintenance, gas, tires, software, retirement fund, etc.We are not W2 employees with payroll taxes already taken out of our paychecks, company-paid health insurance and matching retirement account plus a guarantee of at least 40 hours paid work per week, sick pay, paid vacation… none of that.So if you’re thinking you’ll be able to pay an hourly wage typical of a W2 hourly employee like $50-85/hr… that’s definitely not going to work.

Institutional investors and hedge funds may allocate more capital to private lending platforms, leading to better loan products and increased liquidity.

How did you fund your 2 acquisitions?

That experience made me realize I want to dive deeper into this space.Right now, I’m in the research phase—figuring out locations, property types, and strategies while working on funding and budgeting.

House hacking is the BEST way to get into real estate investing and that's how I personally got started as well too.

My personal credit score is a 780 and I have multiple other properties but still not busting the DTI metric. 

Let's say the AC or Heat goes out in 60 days, do you have funds to cover that?

When you specifically mentioned STR experience and the possibility of something with some added "personal value" bells started going off.