At this time my focuses are on fix and hold (more specifically RTO), with equal focus of fix and flip.

Hi friends, we started a meetup earlier this year for local investors (LA County), with a focus on multifamily properties.

You have the option of paying this yourself or have the tenant pay it.

If I set aside $8500 for it, and in 10 years have to pay almost $11.5k, I will be short $3k. 

The employment GAP isn't always an issue as long as you're now a W2 employee, can show 30 days of pay stubs (not self employed), and you can provide a letter of explanation stating the cause of the employment gap.For a VA loan, in order to use the rental income from the other units you'll need:1.

On Oahu the bottom line of buying in this type of zone is that you will pay higher property taxes and fees, but you have a lot more confidence that you'll be able to continue to operate your property as an STR for years to come.

Most people focus on Space X when they talk about Brownsville, but I think LPG will have a larger effect.The bad part is that Brownsville itself isn't great.

Long ago we decided to focus our investing on getting great returns.

Currently, I have tenants paying via Venmo/Zelle.

I am NOT interested in owning any more real estate (retired here man) so I had planned on just paying my 15% long term Capital Gains tax rate and moving on to my "safe money" retirement program of MYGA's / CD's and High yield Savings account / Bonds / some Stocks.