This collaboration highlights the importance of strong partnerships and local knowledge in identifying and securing profitable real estate opportunities.

I've learned that a little bit of naivety is good because otherwise an individual may never take the leap if they possessed all the knowledge and truly knew how much risks are involved.

You will still have to pay someone to live somewhere anyway so you may as well build equity at the same time and as a backup plan, sell the property if you are not going to be able to rent it out.

Ring Central is great, as we use it for our company phone number as well.

For argument's sake, and to keep the math simple, let's say you have $1 Million in ETF's or some other safe-ish, well-diversified assets.Step 1:  Take out an SBLOC (Security backed line of credit) on said portfolio. 

Areas I think would do well are those where people are moving back to or highly desired - Arcadia, Scottsdale, Tempe, Gilbert, parts of PHX, and Chandler / Mesa. 

Class C and below on the otherhand, take a lot more time and local knowledge.

RR has some very nice product .. however one just needs to look at any real estate venture with the same due diligence you would buying a home to live in.home inspection verify neighborhoods etc.My personal Experience with Zach the owner has proven over time he is very diligent in making sure his product and staff are on top of his clients investments.. that all said its still real estate so keep that in mind as well. but as for integrity Zach has it from my point of view.

Then plug that address into the platform/software you use to pull up additional comps for similar properties.Realtor.com and redfin have a ton of free data as well.

Their knowledge makes it easier to get a full picture of the property's financial health.It seems like I pushed a bit, but not as much as I should have.