Even if you’re not ready to buy yet, practicing this skill will help you recognize a great deal when the time comes.Feel free to reach out if you’d like to chat more—I’m happy to share what I know or help you connect with others in the field.

Sure they paid me both times, but that's exactly what a ponzi would do.Thanks I would be mortified if any of my investors even had a thought in the back of their head that I was running a Ponzi scheme.

If you reduce to $2,300 and are able to fill the property faster, yes, you are "losing" $100 per month, but even at that rate, it would take two whole years to equal the loss of the $2,400 vacancy month.

I know curb appeal is important, but is it possible to overdo it OR even have no curb appeal at all?

Tools like AirDNA, Mashvisor, or even Airbnb itself can provide insights into guest demographics.

I appreciate that, and you're right, any back-of-the-envelope calculation suggests that much of the wealth comes from the equity accumulation, even in the earlier stages of the amortization schedule.

You'll have an option between the FHA househack 3.5% down and the conventional househack 5% down - if you're VA then even better though. 

A realtor who understands the numbers can help analyze the property’s projected cash flow and ROI, plus they might know local leads from probate attorneys or even “drive for dollars” efforts that can reveal off market gems.

But even to this day the money is always the winner not me.. thats how you raise significant capital ..

Spend a year learning and going to meetups before you fork over a $50-$100k franchise fee and half of your profits and don't even know what you are doing.