Sellers sometimes have a nightmare experience with a shakey buyer - we come in with a no-contingecy offer and that's attractive to a seller, who has been burnt before and just wants it to be over with.

Affordability makes these markets key attractions, compared to the national housing landscape, combined with expected home value appreciation and the rapid speed of home sales.

Has anyone successfully managed short-term rentals from afar?

but alas, I am without capital.My question is this: What type of person do I need to become to attract an equity partner to make deals and do real estate stuff with me?

Would like to roll a small annuity I have from a short lived stint in a union into a solo 401k.   

There are a lot of strategies to make money in real estate and time and quality of life are assets that are overlooked in the pursuit of short-term cash flow.

Curious if the 14% is the rate for a mid-term or short term rental?

Most of the advice I'm seeing online focuses on apartment buildings but I'm not attracted to raising rent as a strategy and managing tenants & toilets as a job.

Short of consulting with a lawyer or such thought we'd see what you all have to say about it.

I get that you wouldn't be able to get approved for a loan since there's no source of income but if that's only a short time away you may want to consider saving up and going that route.