During the high pressure sales presentation they pressure people into finding ways to pay for their $35-40k program.

Do everything you can to pay down the debt, and work on side hustles that actually produce income to help accelerate the process.

I have looked into investing in Maine and the biggest challenge I found was many properties did not have tenants paying for utilities.

We are dealing with a non-paying tenant and I am not happy with how our current manager is handling the situation.Thanks

The following is an expert from an article on Brick Underground that explains it really well.Can I rent out bedrooms in my NYC townhouse to help pay my mortgage?"

While a title company might provide a note and mortgage, it will not prepare a complete, bulletproof loan package.Our package comprises over 20 loan documents including a note, deed of trust, personal guarantee, lender’s instructions, business purpose loan certification, entity certification, various federal and state compliance disclosures, and more.

Do I then need to pay capital gains tax on the $550k amount or not?

She asked if she could pay $100 per month extra towards the deposit .

If you’re running a hotel you should be paying hotel taxes. 2.7% is probably 1/4th of what hotels pay?

However, this isn't to scare you away, because I was house hacking my expenses dropped substantially and I was able to pay that 20k back pretty quickly.