So you’re either catching up for a shortage last year, or doubling your reserves for next year.

Understand the local permitting requirements, keep eyes on your property to avoid squatters, and make sure you have a great vacant insurance policy while you're renovating.

We haven't found that one thing that has really worked great to catch a ride on the momentum. 

A home (whether primary or investment) in my eyes is considered as a savings account once you own it - a store of wealth. 

From my experience the first team member to recruit will be a local Project Manager-someone who wants to help you long term as your eyes in the field and boots on the ground. 

We are newbies, and don't want to miss out on a great investment and tax savings opportunity, but obviously want to do everything correctly in the eyes of Uncle Sam.

People like it because you don’t need to own property—just lease it, list it on Airbnb, and make money if guests pay more than your rent and expenses.The catch?

This keeps them motivated.Clear Contracts: Make sure your contracts have deadlines and penalties for delays.Regular Check-Ins: Visit the site often to catch issues early and keep things on track.Scaling UpMultiple Contractors: Work with more than one contractor to avoid delays.

It was great catching up with you Sam!

It's lower than 1.5%, sometimes I price deals out conventional & DSCR, DSCR beats conventional pricing a fair amount of the time.The only catch is the prepayment penalty on a DSCR loan.