You can rent long term, but short term rentals would be hit or miss. do some homework on that market.

If we hadn't moved forward and made the offer and went through the process, negative as it was, we wouldn't have met the people we have who ended up helping us more in the 2 hour meeting at the end than anyone else. 

I really like the agent because they show me a lot about the houses and point out stuff that may have miss that are crucial to tenant, and quite responsive to my messages. 

It doesn't cost anything to attend RE meeting, introduce yourself and get contact of people who invest in properties.

I wanted to say thank you to all the individuals who reached out to me and connected me with some very influential people.

The slow season is November and April, but people still rent.Hope that helps!

My goal for this post is to connect with other people and form symbiotic professional relationships if the professional chemistry is right.

yes, some people (who run it as a full time business) do well, just as some people who run automotive manufactures, chemical plants, and construction companies do well.

I love that you rented two of your bedrooms as mid term and short term rentals and made enough to pay for the mortgage and now you are going to use the rental income to show you can qualify for another property.This is an excellent strategy and one more people should consider doing in this inflationary environment to offset the biggest cost in their budget--housing.As you rightly point out, you can use this strategy with every house you buy accumulating a portfolio of houses that you originally started out living in as a primary residence every two years.Well done and more people should consider doing the same, or rent their garage, or shed, or a boat, or an extra car.Love it!

I cannot believe more people are not furious.