While we focused on his market for ADUs he did share a lot of valuable information that is transferrable to any market.

With retirement in five years, your focus should be on balancing cash flow, risk, and tax efficiency.

We’ve since learned that scouting friendlier permit offices not only speeds up timelines but can also reveal unique neighborhoods with underappreciated potential.Chris: Are you planning to focus on Gilbert exclusively, or do you see yourself venturing into other Phoenix areas soon?

Bungalow is more focuses on SFH while Tripalink is more focused on multifamily.There's also Blueground, but they don't do co-living.

Also, focus on 2 years of job/income stability.Class D Properties:Cashflow vs Appreciation: Typically, all cashflow with little, maybe even negative, relative rent & value appreciationVacancy Est: 20%+ should be used to cover nonpayment, evictions & damages.Tenant Pool: majority will have FICO scores under 560 (almost 30% probability of default), little to no good tradelines, lots of collections & chargeoffs, recent evictions.

@Chanel Snerling not sure why you are so focused on building?

We’re deep into long-distance or remote investing ourselves, but we’re focused on rural southeast US—think rural Georgia, Alabama, Carolinas.

Seeing as you mentioned you have very little liquidity in after-tax and savings accounts, I'd likely recommend focusing on building up a buffer of accessible and liquid dollars in an after-tax brokerage account prior to maxing out a Mega Backdoor Roth.

I am currently in the planning phase of my real estate investment journey and had a few questions I’d like to ask someone more experienced.Would it be smarter to focus on paying down my own mortgage and then use a HELOC as a down payment for my first investment property, or should I simply use my savings for the down payment instead?

His God complex and giant ego won't allow him to reflect on the damage he's done  keep in mind if the SEC detects a serious issue and one that could harm investors right now they have the power to take emergency action and shut them down.