For example, the city of Palm Springs has a hard-limit on the number of STR rental permits it allows (and it has a huge "wait list").   

"I'm too busy to manage investments": Limited partnership allows you to enjoy the benefits of real estate investment without the hassle of day-to-day management.

If you live far away and use a property manager, deduct 20% from that. 

The VA won't allow a Vet to pay their realtor.

Looks like Charlotte allows up to 6 unrelated residents, based on what I found here: https://charlottenc.gov/planni...

The key thing to know about doing rental arbitrage is the thing you're missing out on is the ability to deduct appreciation of the property itself since you can't depreciate assets that you don't own.

After you've improved the property and increased its value, refinancing can potentially allow you to pull out most, if not all, of your initial investment.

This is an important status for people to go for since it allows you to write off losses from rental activities on your other active income. 

Just make sure you're allowed to list items for sale on the group. 

Hopefully everyone will get some strong drops in costs and allow new buyers to move in.