If you follow the process you can make your investment back on one or two deals.

What exactly does this process look like?

It wouldn't hurt to ask about a SFH STR before you start the process of purchasing and building.

This was before the days of getting on your computer and easily finding out who owns the property. 

If so, you'd probably pretty familiar with the process and it would be a good idea to do another house-hack if you had a good experience from it.In general, if you're out of pocket-payment is less than the rent you would've had to pay, it's not a bad idea to do a house-hack.

Stepping into the real estate scene feels a bit like chasing dreams, with that mix of excitement and butterflies you get when something big is about to happen. Picture this: a world where finding the perfect home does...

If you are working in the HOA and spending time that is integral to the earning of monies for the rental properties, these extra hours managing managers, educational hours, reviewing financials etc should count.

So you know, at 10%, your borrower is getting the deal of the century for a loan like this.Before you lend, learn the process.

During the rental process, we independently keep track of: The leads who contact usNamePhone numberEmail address (if provided)How they contacted us (Zillow, Trulia, CL, Hotpads, etc.)Any other details we deem pertinent.It may be overkill, maybe it could help us prevent and/or investigate/report this kind of fraud if we need to.It sounds like we need to step up our game the next time we list these properties.

Depending how much you earn you can step up those savings by getting a side-hustle in any part of real estate....working for a top Real Estate office on weeknights and weekends, working for an RE Investor, working for a General Contractor and learning a few skills, etc.