1) Rich Dad Poor Dad (almost every investor started with this one)2) The Book on Managing Rental Properties by Brandon Turner (This book was pivotal after my initial purchase, it has made and saved me more money than any other book)3) Set For Life by Scott Trench (provides you with a detailed description of how to create your "financial runway", I have tried to model my investing career off of this book.)4) BRRRR by David Greene (provides detailed description of how to use the 2nd best strategy in Real Estate (house hacking is #1))5) Long Distance Real Estate Investing by David Greene (Provides detail description of how to invest in Real Estate if you live in an expensive Market6) The 10x Rule by Grant Cardone (mindset/motivational)7) The Book on Estimating Rehab Costs by Jay Scott (provides detailed description on handling what I find the most difficult aspect of REI)That is my rank order for the most influential books that I have read.  

I flirt with the idea of cashing out here in Los Angeles California and buying a primary cash in Tennessee (tax break and second amendment friendly) and then use the rest of the cash to invest in rental properties.Some things that cross my mind. 

Like I said before, I’m as green as they come as far as real estate investing goes so I don’t know a ton of the terms

Dear Biggerpockets family, I currentlg come crossed a off market property from my realtor friend in Oakland CA which realtor said it’s good for Airbnb or short term rental since it has 5 bedrooms with two rooms in a separate building which were unpermitted.By doing some research , I found out the city of Oakland does not even allow short term rental less Than 30 days, however I heard people said the city is collecting a lot of tax and it’s not enforcing the rules.  

Anxiety sets in.Six days after closing we posted a 48 hour notice to enter and crossed our fingers and said a prayer.

You can do this by looking up tax records, then cross reference his name to see if he owns any others.Knowledge is power in negotiations.  

hloc are all floating rate to my knowledge.Not sure what sort of deals you are doing, but if you can cross-collaterize that might be the best because you don't have to pay for another loan nor the associated interest...

With that being said something crossed my mind that I should have thought about a while ago. 

I am in the military, in the Green Berets, and I am often gone.

We get renters from every cross section of life.