Investing in multiple markets can mitigate risk and provide exposure to different economic cycles.

Additionally, you can do a cost segregation of the property and take bonus depreciation creating additional tax savings.Beyond short term rentals, I think buying a triplex or property every two years as a primary residence and then renting out the unit you lived in and repeating this every two years is one of the best ways to accumulate a portfolio of properties with little down with property tax savings while you live in the property.Then, it will be surprising how quickly the equity builds up as other people pay for your asset that you then can pull equity out and buy a larger apartment building after you have learned about property management from owning the smaller rental properties.To Your Success!

But for real estate exposure, one should stick with old fashion methods (e.g., house-hacking, buying small MF etc.)

For example, if this $1,000 was spent on appliances, you can deduct it as maintenance which hurts your lending profile, or you can deduct it via bonus depreciation that does not affect lending.

They typically keep the entire amount.In our experience, many PMCs do NOT put rentals on their local MLS and so only charge 50% of one-month of rent - but they do NOT tell the owner this.2 years ago, when rentals (and sales) were happening in less than a week, this strategy may have worked, but with rental Days On Market increasing nationwide by 38% since 2022, it's becoming more important to list rentals on the MLS to increase exposure via getting agents involved.How's a PMC, only charging an owner a Placement Fee of 50% of a month's rent or less, going to compensate an agent that brings them an acceptable tenant AND cover the PMC's marketing costs?

Smith, who says he’d been investing in stocks and startups for years but didn’t know much about real estate, says Scoutpads was offering referral bonuses to users who brought new investors to the fund.

As a seller, I can understand incentivizing buyer agents to show my property by offering some level of compensation to maximize market exposure, especially when many other listings don't offer compensation.As a buyer, the new system would seem to be for the benefit of sophisticated buyers who don't necessarily care about the down sides of dual representation and are able to protect themselves.As a buyer's agent, generic exclusive representation agreements at buyer's cost are likely a very hard sell.

Any insight on whether the ROI would be worth it or other considerations I am missing would be much appreciated.I have a similar looking 3rd floor space that I just finished making into an office/bonus room.

They help you to gain exposure to larger commercial properties without the day-to-day management.As for flipping properties and multi-family homes, these are great for gaining experience and great returns.

The house will stay in my father's name for now, so we want most of the repairs to be paid by him for depreciation purposes (he will be doing cost segregation and taking bonus depreciation later this year).