One of the most important aspects but its always a time consuming aspect that most put off and miss out....

Or does it step up to the purchase price number that I put on paper?

The one tactic I'd recommend for those who can afford it, is putting down more equity (30-40%). 2.

You will then have a few options with that rent money....you can put it into principal or you can start saving it to purchase yet another property.

I don't put all my eggs in the STR basket. 

I had to put 35% down, and make up the gap which still leaves a sour taste in my mouth.

He also said that lender one could put me in a jam bc apparently all lenders have to follow the same conventional guidelines.

A lot of condos in downtown don't allow Airbnb meaning you don't get the benefit of living in your unit when you need it and the cashflow is worse.That being said, had I put 250k in the S&P 500 10 years ago, I would have $900,000 today.

I'd love to put you in contact with these people and start marketing your services to them, I have done this maybe 40 times now with my current lenders and i typically just add my payment into the HUD and the borrower pays it, this service wouldn't cost you anything.

I saw someone who says they put the milk in the cereal bowl before the cereal and says it tastes better.