I wanted to refresh this post to share my recent experience with others who might otherwise suffer the same fate.

I'm weighted towards RE but I have been buying in the public markets recently (stocks, index funds, bonds, REITs, Master Limited Partnerships, Business Development Companies).

I had lots of time and little money.I recently purchased my first STR with a couple partners outside Memphis.

Hi real estate friends,My wife and I recently bought our first home in Co springs area close to garden of the gods and other attractions in the area. to no surprise our interest rate is a whooping 7.1%, the main house has 4 - BD 2 B. our mortgage is $4009. the property we bought has an attached dwelling unit on the side of it, completely independent from the main unit we live in, we are currently renting it out for 2 years for a tenant for $1545, It has one bedroom one bath.My question is what are some ways to scale especially since in the current market (is kind of almost impossible)?

Hi I recently graduated from eastern Michigan and always wanted to get into real estate but didn’t have the time because of football.

And I take the worst recession I can find in the recent past.

My sister recently moved to HI, and I figured that might be an interesting market because of high rents and HCOL - although also high property values.

I know someone recently who had a NY loan and they could not find a servicer to touch it because it was being self serviced - so they had no way of selling it as no investor would take on that risk.The other concern is usury laws.

You are sum total of the people you surround yourself with.I am a Tardus paying client, none of us that recently posted get any sort of kickback or referral fee for talking about our experiences on BP (although I do believe there is a referral bonus if you refer a new client...but it is nominal enough that no one is trying to bring in new members soley for this bonus). 

@Bryon Andrews was spot on in his advice too - do some Zillow and FB Marketplace surfing every few weeks to see what rents in the blocks near your property have been renting for recently, and track how those fluctuate over time for a few months.