I'm looking to get started in real estate investing.

Considering the ever-evolving landscape of Short-Term Rental (STR) regulations, What are the best 5 states in your opinion to build a STR portfolio starting today? 

House hacking is essentially the cheat code to get started into real estate investing.Generally done by utilizing FHA loans and 2-4 unit properties.Basically, buy a primary residence, live in it or one of the units for 12 months, move out buy again and do it all over again.Each time you can utilize fha as long as you refi the former before you use it again.Great way to buy a lot of properties with low entry cost!

Roy, not only did we give you our ALL to get you across the finish line....most of the time we couldn't even get you to the starting gate!

He has not started any work yet and is not owed any money.

Alternatively you could explore a fully pre approved loan commitment to present to the developer and likely still negotiate aggressively.

We developed this out of necessity for our own investment planning as we simply could not find a portfolio calculator online that also allowed for this. 

@Ryan TongueWe started with a smaller credit union and ended up switching to Chase as we grew.

This is located in oak harbor WA on Whidbey Island if that is pertinent for calculating a deduction just a general idea would give me a huge help at least would be a starting point the rent is higher than a lot of similar apartments however as I stated it's on property but the lack of kitchen almost cancels out the benefit of the setting.

I’ve been reading articles stating how baby boomers are starting to retire and selling their businesses at a discount.