How long did it take for you to identify your first STR investment or did you convert an existing rental or unit? 

I'm using appartment.com for rent collection for all my units.

There is an HOA for the association for a total of 10 units.

. #3 for new construction jobs in the nation last year. why don't you do a report on Poway and let's see how it looks https://www.redfin.com/zipcode/92064/housing-market31% appreciation, 1 million + cost per housing unit. how's investing at home doing? 

Anyways, it's being put in 193 units so it's got to hold up.

Mohamed,If you are looking to buy an investment property single family or a 2-4 unit multifamily you do not need a financial advisor.

We took out a heloc from the SFH to get the money down for the duplex which we lived in one of the units.

1 - yes there is a lot of demand for solid rental units in that area.

Most properties take a few years to appreciate and cash flow well.Replacing a $60,000 annual salary would require around 50 rental units, assuming $200/month net cash flow per unit after all expenses if self-managing.

The only real challenge we ran into was the seller originally wanted to set this up as a illegal duplex so there were multiple electric panels and corresponding wiring so that was going to have to be removed and redone in a single family format.