Finding the right professional for this task has proven challenging due to the prevalent compensation structure in the industry, which heavily emphasizes investment management.

Giving money to a a heavily marketed syndicator isn't especially clever and as of recently it's not especially profitable either.

It is a tough area now that Bend has banned STRs.Not banned, but heavily regulated, indeed.

Not to say I don't consider all advice, everyone had to start somewhere, but the advice from someone that is " where I want to get to" is the advice I'll lean on heavily.

Hey @Anthony ZottoRate is going to heavily depend on leverage and credit score.

I don't know about Maricopa county or your city, but we've seen a lot of jurisdictions severely restricting STRs or eliminating them all together so if you think you're going to pursue STR and you're not in a key vacation market that relies heavily on vacation rentals, then you want to make sure the numbers work for other strategies.

Unless you want to be heavily fined, comply.

Doesn't make sense since its just a small percentage that you can take out unless you are trying a massive sales commission, but its still taxed heavily.  

Heavily into real estate investing, and a real down to earth guy..

We invest heavily there.