I don't want to get stuck in the need to start X before I really get things moving.

I was living in the Los Angeles area as well when I started my "Out of State" investment journey.

Airbnb won't support a fee to the guest staying longer unless you have it in your listing or rules but if you do, and it was an inconvenience for you or your cleaning team, I would enforce the rules you've created.

Implement Ratio Utility Billing System (RUBS)This article is a good starting point (link) or search BP for RUBSGood Luck!

If someone was building their home new (or major reno) for the first 5 months of the year and then places the property into service in June, does the first 5 months of contractor work (building the new home) count towards the calculations or does the timeline only start after the home is put into rental service?

It was fantastic for networkingI don’t know for sure, but it seems like at around the same time that BiggerPockets started hosting its own conferences and advertising boot camps and such that it became harder and harder to find where on the website that you could find local meetups.This morning I searched the website to try to find where local meetups were posted on the website and it took me between 5 and 10 minutes to find it.

I was recently referred to LendingOne by a fellow investor and just wanted to share my experience thus far as I feel there's a lot of marketing bait and switch happening with lenders that advertise terms and loan structures...Our past and current project:  We do buy-rehab-refi-hold (airbnb) rentals, not regular rehab flips.First off let me start with the things I think LendingOne excels at:Nice dashboard to upload and store all your documents to track how the loan process is coming along. 

This is the perfect place to start learning and building connections for your real estate journey.

Hey Hughston, start by connecting with the locals in your chosen market.

The agency thing MUST be sorted right from start, that's clear.