It seems to be a healthy mix of the two when it comes to real estate as a business and as an investment.

@Marcus AuerbachI saw another guru pitch on Facebook today where they did courses on Airbnb/STR and commercial in the past and now are on tax liens - their entire pitch is selling “a lifestyle”Anyone that sells a lifestyle should be avoided at all costs.

Financial freedom requires maintaining your current lifestyle for the rest of your life.

Also consider what YOU want to do with it and what works with your lifestyle and your end goal. 

Were still seeing a healthy amount of investors from up north and foreign nationals purchasing in Florida. 

For healthy investor focused mortgages check in with @Joseph Chiofalo for options and a second look.

I know that can be a trap for many now, because, to put the shame of their impoverished pasts behind them, they take on oversized mortgages and car payments and loads of lifestyle expenses that keep them living paycheck to paycheck forever.What have you had to unlearn along the way to achieving your own goals?

We just closed on an all cash purchase via an SMLLC of a SFR at auction (at a healthy discount to market due to distress) that we intend to use as an investment property, and we're looking for guidance on the best strategies for pulling as much equity out of the deal as possible to roll into another property (identified but yet to be purchased).  

Mindset, daily discipline, refusal to give up, and having the life (healthy marriage, kids and self) you want is much more difficult in practice and often requires a teachers. :)Joe Fairless, Rod Khleif, Michael Blank (in no particular order).

Hi,If I want to maintain a healthy DTI for a primary residence conventional loan in a couple years, what should I be aware of, or what strategies must I employ?