Hi Chris,I am an operator and also have 50+ Real Estate clients with my advertising agency, many on whom are using Left Main.

If you plan on purchasing, talk with an investor-friendly lender and STR-centric real estate agent to get more information to help you analyze the deal.

Remember no lender wants to own your property, we are not in the business of reselling real estate.

In 2018, my husband and I took the plunge into real estate investing by purchasing our first fourplex with minimal experience.

I live in the SF Bay Area and have decided to buy my first single-family home.I fully acknowledge and recognize that the SF Bay Area and California (in general) may have some of the worst cash flow numbers in the entire country.I've already traveled to cheaper Midwestern states to look at real estate opportunities, but have decided to invest here in the SF Bay Area as I'm purchasing with the intention of living in it first and foremost, and then renting it out sometime in the near future when I move overseas.I'm looking for anywhere in the Greater Bay Area/Northern California region (even Sacramento & Central Valley is okay) with better than average purchase price to rent ratio, and some appreciation (if possible). 

In a tough market, it's easy to get distracted by all the shiny opportunities that come up.For example, to really focus on growing our real estate agent business, we made the difficult decision to stop buying investment properties this year.

You can continue to invest in real estate and create more depreciation losses via cost segregation to offset the recapture though. 

What types of funding structures have you found most effective for scaling your real estate portfolio? 

I am here to learn about real estate investing especially the BRRR method.

My Real Estate attorney always gives me advice and allows me to ask simple questions all the time.