Unfortunately, this has led to a dearth or workers that know how to handle a loan application with rentals.LESSON TO LEARN: just make sure your lender is doing this, or find a more competent one.Suggestion: take time to go over your debt ratio with your lender and make sure YOU understand how they calculate it.

The main scheme they promote is co-living, as a passive income cash flow generator.

After getting my buyer under contract to purchase it, the buyer asked me if I would like to co-invest into the property, to which I replied "yes!"

I have a mainly STR portfolio but we started a management company that has a half dozen full or close to full time workers because we felt that at the time the 3 STR’s we had was so much work we needed to either go bigger and outsource or stop because it was driving us crazy we also have basically 90+ percent occupancy year round and have check in’s and outs basically every day.

Clean dryer vent lineFlush Hot water tanksTest smoke & CO detectorsHope that helps!

So if a handy man works for a co and sees X limit on 100% of the WO's for years and then yours rolls through with a differnet number, there is potential for an issue.Best to just find a manager that works within your comfort zone.  

To me, an investment-minded agent in Colorado, I think communication and competence are what buyers should look for in an agent.Communication is two things to me: quick responses and clear articulation of concepts. 

—this was a co-worker and friend of my husband, who was a little quirky, but seemed nice enough.

To find (and keep) great employees, we are underwriting to higher salaries because of the increased demand to find workers.

Anyone know of any meet ups in Colorado Springs area?