No matter how you cut it, you will get a higher return by doing STR than you would by doing regular rent. 

You'll have depreciation of roughly 20k a year for the next 27 years so that means your 5k profit will be tax free plus you can offset your regular income and maybe save 3k in taxes there.

Yes if you mean support yourself after you finish your regular job effectively using rent as a pension. 

Double check on insurance costs for a 400k STVR not a regular residential home.

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I wanted to introduce myself as I am incredibly anxious to step foot into the incredible world of REI and would love to know if there are any local investors that meet/would like to meet on a semi-regular basis.I currently have a full time job in outside sales in the Arvada area so I do a lot of driving around which enables me to spend a lot of my time listening to podcasts and educating myself but I would love to get to know some players within my local area to really dive deep into the subject and in which I could potentially be of value in the future.

You can't do it the same way as a regular IDX feed.

But the trick to a budget is making sure it satisfies your needs so you can stick to it - like they say about some diets - compliance is the science . 

I was going to run an STR in the home and he would enjoy a higher rent than from a regular LTR rental AND he would have the property managed too.All was going beautifully.

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