Post cards are not necessarily cheap.

If you operate an STR, gross income is your total rent paid by your guests, before any subtractions.To figure out your taxes, you take this gross income and subtract from it all allowable business expenses: marketing, education, technology, licenses and fees (including Airbnb and credit card fees), office expenses, business driving and so on.

Plus 90% of repairs can be put on a credit card.  

If you have five houses with $200,000 equity, that's a cool million.

Will they find the property send you a contact and then a thank you card or will they provide resources for tenant improvements, get tenants, stabilize the units, plan for the exit etc...

Prior Participation Test: The individual materially participated in the activity for any five taxable years (whether or not consecutive) during the ten taxable years that immediately precede the taxable year.6.

City officials plan to make the Queen Mary a centerpiece of their Olympic tourism strategy, alongside hosting five Olympic events.In addition to refurbishing the ship, Long Beach is developing its downtown and waterfront areas, including a new amphitheater and commercial spaces.

And with the five investments we made in good parts of our town, that even if all our efforts in the business didn't pay off, in 20 years we'd still have a nest egg of equity we could fall back on.

Yes, I live in Amsterdam, and have for five years.

There are a lot of assets in Columbus that are basically turn key properties, and even if you have some minor renovations (5k-10K)I would recommend trying to go after an interest-free credit card AFTER you are approved and close for your loan.