The Long-Distance Real Estate Investing book is a great one to get the lay of the land on doing it from afar, but getting on-site experience will also be important in your journey.

In those cases, if the HOA assessment is a direct result of the insured loss, it can kick in a specified amount towards the individual HOA members portion of the assessment.  

My understanding is if you live in the residence yourself for a year and a day, you can get a traditional mortgage as it’s not considered an investment.

Curious - what platform are you mainly using to rent it out?

Names Christian, I’ve, been doing real estate investing for bout a year now, worked on my first property which wasn’t the best ideal situation, but it was an amazing learning experienced that I wouldn’t trade, made a lot of mistakes that after all the classes and events i have attended i am learning where i went wrong, and really in need of a coach to help guide me in the right direction, i do have a game plan in place and the goal i want to reach  just need to be helped its a path.

I think it's pretty clear it disincentivizes new construction or encourages landlords to find ways around it.However, I do believe we could do better in areas for encouraging new construction with zoning reform and other tax incentives.

Go for it!

Think $25k to do a 1000 sq ft apartment. 

REI is a great thing to start to learn about so you are pursuing something with great long-term value, but you have to know that it's not a quick road to get out of the rat race.What financially free means to you could mean something different to someone else so usually what people are seeking is time freedom.

So, if you and I knew the Fed was going to start cutting the fed funds rate, the traders who do it for a living did as well.