If you're paying anyway..might as well get a G Wagon, or in this case a STR out of it. lol Check in with me if you'd like to explore OR, I work with a lot of absentee investors from your region.

Pay a title company for a title report.

To do well in pricey places like Santa Barbara, use what locals know, look into ways to invest, team up with backers, check out how to pay for things, aim for cheap homes, do deep checks on the market, and get to know folks in the area.

Investing time to learn the market will pay great financial rewards to future you.

WE are venturing in the Philippines with a view towards retirement - having properties that will pay for itself, a place to stay when we come to the US and buy & Hold for our future retirement or our kids in the future. 

It’s dangerous to do for the ex though because if you don’t pay the mortgage they are still responsible for the mortgage. 

In this episode it talks about rental arbitraging many units in apartments and then being awarded government contracts where you house a large amount of government employees  and the government pays you well over market rent.

If your average tenant stays 2 years and it takes you 6-8 weeks to have the next tenant in place then you have almost a month per year where you are not getting rent but still have bills to pay.

The top offer was willing to pay us $20K above appraised value, if it was short, which it was.

Yes, lease states they can pay by several methods which includes money order.