The truth is, you could read 100 books and still not know enough because certain things need to be learned through trial-and-error.

(DM to probates)After much trial and error as a wholesaler the PR of each estate that I made contact with were leery as to how I can help them.So, I decided to get my real estate license which gives me credibility as a professional, to market to estates and attorneys. 

its as simple concept as this  " BE THE BANK"  then of course there are variations of real estate debt.1. 

My first "trial" STR would be my primary residence on days when I'm not home, which is about half of the month. 

@Hannah Smith - If you have Kindle Unlimited (or want to sign up for their heavily discounted trial period), the Crushing It book by Brian Murray is available there.

As I was working through the free trial, I realized the software was for property managers and not owners.

The one thing I see routinely across "young" investors is they don't have a concrete plan founded on fundamental concepts...there are 1,000 ways to make money in this industry...and a variation of each of those.One piece of advice would be to learn OKR's...build this into the framework of your business...there is a learning curve, but you guys will pick up fast.Best of luck! 

i did. we verbally agree to 1000 sqft gross rent on 5 month trial for $1000 plus $160 for their portion of cmp and oil bill. with no security deposit by him and no repairs required by me. 

However; as it turned out we could have started in that fall, and been done by spring, but it still worked out, We also had to familiarize ourselves with subs and it was a bit of trial an error, but overall, 99% of them were great and we'll use again. 

New to this forum but happy to learn from all of you more “seasoned” landlords.We are in the middle of evicting our tenants in Ohio, have jumped through all of the hoops, and are awaiting trial.