While you will be saving money with the low tax bill for a year or two, ensure that the deal doesn't fall apart when the city adjusts the assessed value.

To be successful in real estate, you only need to know 1 or 2 zip codes in Columbus or another city in GA and you will be set.

Hello everyone,I am in the process of building out a team and setting up legal stuff.

I was able to set and get the rent high enough at the AZ home to cover both the orginal mortgage and the equity loan.  

If you don't keep your money separate the LLC won't be protected anyway so be sure to set up your bank accounts properly before you operate the STR.3.

Apartments.com is also where I have tenants fill out a background and credit check, set up automated rent payments, and upload renter's insurance.

There's actually an advantage there since you can adjust your rates as rents go up, rather than have a long term tenant that stays for years and pays under market rent.

Here are a few I recommend: "Rich Dad, Poor Dad" by Roberto Kiyosaki; "Set for Life" by Scott Trench; "The Unofficial Guide to Real Estate Investing" by Spencer; "The BiggerPockets Ultimate Beginners Guide" found here on BP; "The Book on Rental Property Investing" by Brandon Tuner.

In this case, you might consider using a 75% rule for your analysis to align with the new lending option.However, remember that rules of thumb like the 70% or 75% rule are guidelines and not set in stone.

Rates are higher than a conventional investment, but in some cases you may find these have lower fees since a DSCR lender isn't controlled by Fannie/Freddie loan level pricing adjustments.