Start anywhere—offer to assist, intern, whatever it takes—and absorb as much knowledge as you can.

I recently read in Forbes that investing near growing transit hubs can offer great appreciation potential.

However, rezoning now could still offer some advantages depending on your long-term goals.

There is a fine line between offering a well rounded service and leaving too much in the home.I love the business and glad to be a Superhost but this has been my experience.  

Those are some of the unique things we offer in addition to helping each investor build a strategic investment plan & roadmap to achieve your specific goals.

When you can access the opportunities first, you can qualify the lead first, analyse and find the best deals first, reach out and build rapport first , offer your solution first (rather than having your offer thrown on a pile of others the individual has already been given) and so on.

I don't care what anyone says you can lose your *** with any asset class if you do not buy right yourself or invest with the proper syndicator who understands this.You have to be careful with multifamily syndicators now showing past performance like the new property will perform as good or better than the last one in record time etc.Some syndicators craft the offerings in a way that mind screws the investors ( talking in generalities only not specific companies) that hypes them up for the buy in.

It sounds like the reverse mortgage company is offering a path for you to buy it - which is more than they have to do.  

I they accepted an offer of $118K from my brother but since he couldn't get the loan, we're starting over.

I'm just speaking from a new host standpoint with the interface offered from both platforms, options & booking results, AirBNB is much superior in my opinion.