The data is readily available, and I will provide the data source and its relevance.To ensure we're on the same page, the goal of real estate investing is financial freedom.

While Redfin isn’t the most reliable source for estimating the values it indicates that I have about 400k in equity.

(If you did this, obviously, you would have to cover those needs, when they arise with money from other sources.)I imagine my beginner perspective is probably inaccurate in several ways.

This is consistent with data from sources like Zillow, Redfin, and the local Santa Barbara Association of Realtors.However, when I go to "Pick Markets" and select Santa Barbara, the median home price listed is $620,000, which doesn’t align with what I’ve observed locally.

Some homeowners have had success removing PMI after demonstrating that substantial improvements were made, but this is more of a gray area in the guidelines for HomeStyle loans.Fannie Mae Servicing Guidelines: It’s always helpful to go directly to the source for clarification.

I do know that there are other sources to pick up knowledge.

Joe,Actually purchasing on BPO or UPB is pretty evenly disbursed among the sources.

I'd reach out to Shona Lepis with She's Got Assets if you're looking to source insurance companies.

I don't know any information from the source and what I mentioned I heard it from the grapevine.

I understand that AirDNA shouldn't be the sole source of data.