To thrive in real estate investing, you must maintain a firm grip on your finances.

Over the last 10 years I've created and maintained relationships with investors, now friends.

Especially if the seller wants to boast how amazing of a property this is for you to purchase, this would be the time to brag about the rents, how well maintained the property is, how great the tenants are, and so on...Hopefully the seller has been organized and is able to get this information to you quickly.

My questions here:For a vacation rental in a more remote location, what should I consider when restoring and maintaining a property of this size?

.- **Subject To**: You're responsible for maintaining the original mortgage, including escrowed taxes and insurance if they’re part of the loan.

But in any event, that trade-in value will be WAY BELOW top retail dollar he could get if he could afford to list it on cars.com and wait indefinitely to get a top dollar on well maintained, reliable car of the same size and year of make.   

And while it is not the sexiest, maintaining your W2 job and working hard to get promoted and earning more, even if that means changing jobs every few years, is often times a faster approach to create investable income.  

Majority of our landlords don’t want the section 8 approach since it is so time consuming to get approved and get a tenant in however they tend to be the more long lasting tenants and then you never have to chase your money as long as you maintain the property 

While working, I shifted my focus and started doing BRRRR projects on the side while maintaining my 9-5 job.

Being that you already have property management experience and feel confident in your ability to manage a single-family or multifamily property, it really comes down to your financial position.If you have a good amount of cash available to put a down payment towards the purchase of a property and maintain sufficient cash reserves (or if you have a partner you can work with who does), then there's nothing wrong starting off with a multifamily property.