This is a great place to learn and to connect with people so take advantage of all the great resources.

REI is about collecting dollar$, not properties. 

Any resources and recommendations is helpful.

I made some resources for my out-of-state investors like a neighborhood graded map and contractor rolodex that I can share with you!

For a relatively "safe" creative financing, one needs serious reserves (lots of moolah) and the ability to sell or refinance quickly when one of those "hiccups" occur.The gurus usually collect a large fee, from people who have neither money, reserves, nor experience.

A handy search bar in the upper right makes it easy to find previous discussions, blogs, podcasts, and other resources.

It is much harder to find a 2nd lien lender on an investment property and, even if you do, they are going to have maximums on the collective loan to value between both liens.

This is why is is extremely important that you use local resources who own STR's in the area or manage them at a bare minimum.

For market pricing, I collect LTR data from BP rent calculator and multiply by 1.5x.

Airbnb collects $ millions in garbage insurance premiums from guests but only rarely pays out anything.