Helpful to know any combination is accepted practice and is available to me as the owner.As for researching each professional, aside from word of mouth, confirming licenses/insurance, and comparing bids, I feel like the final selection comes down to one's gut feeling during the initial meeting and subsequent interactions.

I have purchased quick books online and find it very geared towards regular small business and not real estate.

As a plumbing contractor how I've learned that one of the best ways to meet another decent contractor is to go an acutal supply house (not homedepot) and see who the regulars are. 

For the most part, if one tenant were to leave the quad my regular income would be stressed, since I am only able to rent out 3, as I am required to live there or have the note called.

As it increases the money supply, prices rise as in regular inflation.

Among many other side hustles over the years I have heavily pursued mostly automotive and small home renovation type projects when time allows.I look forward to helping and interacting with as many people as I can along with honing my own skills and knowledge as it relates to real estate investing.Please chime in if you are also a Smokey Mountain local!

Our experience has shown us that you will interact with tenants much more with STRs than long term rentals.

I feel bad for funds or investors that primarily rely on regular payments from performing notes.

I also use them during vacancy turnovers since those turnovers are fully automated, self-serve showings, but you have to have a way to ensure batteries get swapped out regularly, then run a separate cellular network to push updates to the locks over time, which is a another added cost.

We are ready to buy our first investment property however, we do not have any regular reportable income.