I also look in the newspaper and craigslist for basic for rent ads that provide landline phone numbers.Facechat, instabook and the others mean nada to these folks.

My view is mentoring can be beneficial but make sure 1) the people mentoring have obtained a high level of success doing what they teach.  

Your responsibility ends with providing a clean and safe place to live.

Uendy - Thanks for providing some details and information!

Love the STR arena of investing and providing a place where guests want to pay you their hard-earned money to stay at your place.

Proper, Cbiz and Foremost are the big 3 STR insurance providers.

Can't really provide a lot of insight as I'm also in the exploratory phase, but would love to connect further if you have interest!

I'll provide instructions how to use for an additional $150 if you buy it before I finish writing this post.....................

Quick close leveraging a 1st lien against OTHER real estate you on either a cash out refinance, or, if you have equity, you could potentially obtain a 2nd lien against cash flowing real estate usually capped to a max 75% CLTV (1st + 2nd liens can't exceed 75% LTV combined) (5-30 days)4.

- Find a private lender to fund the downpayment- Find a partner to provide the capital, while you provide the knowledge and experienceHope some of these helped.Happy investing!