Search on here for "creative financing" as there are a few good articles, as well as other blogs explaining it.

I was reading an article today, and this looks to be the best place to discuss it.

As I was inputting the properties, I noticed that Stessa does not support Portfolio loans (https://support.stessa.com/en/articles/2423581-mortgages-loa...)This will become very difficult to keep track going forward.

You can listen to the 1,000+ episodes of the podcast, read the 10,000 blog articles, any of the 40 books, and otherwise immerse yourself to your heart's content until you feel ready.You can browse markets, look at deals, learn to manage properties, practice analyzing deals or estimating rent, and meet with Agents, Lenders, Property Managers, Tax Pros, and Syndicators offering Passive Investments. 

I am very new to all these ideas and have been watching the podcasts, youtubes and reading articles as well, trying to narrow down my options.

This has served us well for decades because floating rate debt allows us to escape yield maintenance risk, but the tradeoff is we must accept interest rate risk (I wrote an entire article on interest rate risk vs. yield maintenance risk so I won't rehash here). 

Here's an article for reference: https://www.woodtv.com/news/nexstar-media-wire/10-us-cities-where-home-prices-are-getting-worse-and-5-where-theyre-dropping/?

Here's an article with some examples: https://finance.yahoo.com/personal-finance/one-extra-mortgag...You can also search for "early mortgage payoff calculator" and enter your own numbers to see how extra payments impact your mortgage.

I believe this is correct - doable but very challenging to qualify STR with conventional in a high-rate environment like we've been in.Sharing this article published last year on STR Loans Options Pros/Cons, etc if it helps!

There are a whole lot of factors and differences among the options, even among lenders that fall under the "private lending" umbrellaSharing an article published last year that maybe can help and provide some more insights:https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/dscr-loans-terms-to-know