It had never occurred to me that one could be self-sustaining through one's own resources, mainly because I had never made an effort to understand money management, retirement, or finances in general.An MMM blog post led me to BiggerPockets, a forum where the members, sophisticated investors, referred to their properties as "doors."

I co-own a short-term property management company.

However, I will say, if it is a year payment, it is advisable to hold the year's rent in trust and pull the money out as each month's rent accrues, just in case there is a dispute during the term.

With your proposed seller finance terms, you'd see serious negative cash flow for years! 

We are in the process of flipping our primary home and have found costly repairs that are needed, and we simply cannot come up with the needed funds to pull us through when we list in September. We fully own the prope...

The long term play would be to pivot to MTR/LTF afterwards.

I’m passionate about real estate investing (i think) and interested in saving up for my first short term rental property. 

Here would be the terms with the buyer:Sales Price: $315,000 (NOT worth this.

If long-term appreciation is a part of your investment strategy then Columbus would be worth considering!

When analyzing a luxury short term rental (STR) vacation home for investment in today's mortgage rate environment, the ROI & margins can be extremely tight.