My goal is to invest in a multifamily property to live in/airbnb.

It's easy to document that Crane has owned the property with the intent of holding for productive investment use. 

I don't know how to post a poll in this forum, so please just feel free to post your response.WHAT ARE THE TOP TWO REASONS THAT YOU ARE INVESTING IN A STR AT THIS TIME?

In my experience these are the levels of how financial fraud is doneLevel 1 - The “sponsor” is a fraudster from the beginning and the entire investment is a designed fraud designed to steal the investor's money Level 2 - The sponsor initially intends to operate legally and honestly but the temptation of easy access to money, usually fueled by addictions to drugs, sex, partying, etc. leads to the bad decision to line the sponsors own pocketsLevel 3 - The sponsor intends to operate legally but a crisis in their life resulting in a need for money leads the sponsor to “borrow” from investor’s funds with the full intention of paying it back ( which they are unable to do).Level 4 - The sponsor intends to operate legally but the assets under their management incur substantial loses; the sponsor attempts to cover up these loses by “temporarily” borrowing from one investor to pay another or submitting false results.

Hi BiggerPockets community,I have spent some time and been successful in the residential market (flipping homes) and wanting to diversify my real estate investment portfolio by venturing into rental apartments. 

You paid $2m for it two years ago w/ 25% down (it was suffering from mismanagement and deferred maintenance), invested $325k in capital improvements, and it's now valued at $3m with an NOI of $195k (cap rate assuming $3m value is 6.5%).

Hi all, I'm buying a new construction via a 1031 exchange as a long term investment property. 

We are looking to start a rental investment business and we're currently doing all of the reading and learning that we can get our hands on. 

For your next purchase, would you factor your financials based on your initial 25k investment, or the full 50k you now have in pocket?

I'm looking to invest in rentals (long and short) and flips.