For pros, he challenges conventional wisdom and explodes sacred cows by exposing hidden conflicts of interests and mis-alignments that many in the industry won’t admit to.

My goal is to leverage my wholesaling experience to learn the ins and outs of the industry, and eventually scale up into more complex investment strategies.

All were ice cold if even in the same industry.

Anyone have any recommendations for lendersMy client is requesting the refinance of an existing industrial building.

Making a decent profit has everything to do with the right market...each and every one is different in guest avatar, ADR, and yearly revenue...the property itself, and the host and how knowledgeable they are on the STR industry right now because that is also an ever-changing landscape!  

.), the location, depth, and capacity of utilities to service the site - including public utilities (sanitary, storm and water services), franchised utilities (power, gas, cable), capacity of the local streets to accommodate additional traffic from your development...Be sure to find out if there are any specific local ordinances you need to satisfy (possible tree & wetland surveys, together with any necessary tree & landscape or wetland mitigation plans) and whether there are any concerns from municipal departments (e.g. hydrant locations from the fire department, storm inlet and retention requirements, as well as asphalt / concrete road requirements from the engineer), entrance requirements from the road commission (left turn and passing lanes at the site entrance), etc.Once you get past all this you can finally prepare a preliminary site plan and enter the political arena to get preliminary site plan approval, and to address any concessions the board and neighbors want from you to overcome their objections to your development.

If you want appreciation, identify markets with expanding industries, positive growth trends, and bright economic forecasts.

I will get out and meet others in the industry.

Merely posting for education purposes based on my experience working in the self-directed IRA industry for over 15 years.

I’m curious, what do you think are the long-term prospects for Austin—especially with the tech industry’s presence?