My life has shifted tremendously since, education is key to success.

And has the market been shifting overthere?

You find better deals; local investors are already making the shift.

I have been shifting my focus towards zeroing in on a market to purchase a STR property, and it seems like local legislation in markets within a six hour radius of where I live hasn’t been in favor of STR operators.

This book offers a non-traditional approach to a mindset shift that is conducive to producing massive results.The Richest Man in Babylon also isn't real estate specific but reading this book multiple times on your climb up the financial ladder yields different perspectives.

@David Neubauer The standard is now shifting toward this 5% down program.

This shift by Mercedes-Benz could be a sign of what's to come.

They were noisy and allowed their small children to run around loudly at all hours of the night (dad worked and odd shift so the kids were up at night a lot)... they were in an upstairs unit of a duplex.

This strategy allows for a relatively fast recycling of cash and free cash flow.The market has shifted hard and appreciation is not on the same trajectory as it was a few years ago, but it does still exist especially if you can force it. $200-$300k of appreciation on day one on a sub $1M property in the Bay Area is pretty good.

There is going to be a big shift in the market when Florida starts to force HOA's to have full reserves.