I'm particularly passionate about the Houston areaOutside of real estate, I enjoy making money, hanging with my family, and traveling. 

Whether it is loud music at night, or "Hey, our car broke down and we won't have all the money this month to pay the rent" - how you handle those situations.  

We ended up going the HELOC route on that property for a few reasons. 1) the interest at the time was only 5%, which although seemed high, didn't matter too much with our potential property showing a 18% ROI 2) we leveraged a second home loan with 10% down for that new property, so our HELOC withdrawal was relatively small compared to what would be needed for a traditional loan on a rental. 3) I dont think I will see the rates in the 2% again in my lifetime, so figured I should hold on to that "free money" instead of selling it. 

Im currently renting, but have a good deal of money saved up.

yes, i knew the work part. just wanted to understand the staying in it even if paying full price. not a deal breaker for me, just need to figure out where to roll my money into to use it

Thank you for your information about akiya renovation and AirBnBs.It definitely seems like (as with all things) there's a balance between investing time and money.

Currently, I am listening to all BP podcasts about raising private money.

They show on your tax returns, and bank statements.There are many underwriting tools to expose private money ones that claim they don't report to the bureaus- they also sell and securitize the loans so what they told you on the phone is of no value, they get reported.All NonQM standard DSCR loans show on your credit report.DSCR gone bad shows online, in court records and in the curbside view (property appears distressed and attracts code violations/fire inspections and investigations...

The stock market has been on a tear this year… so if you could make 25% on your money in the stock market (as has been the case year to date), you are better off leaving your mortgages in place and investing the money in ETF’s, etc.  

The tenants push rent control without any consideration of exactly who will benefits and the consequences.