I just downloaded June numbers, which typically sets the peak for our metro area and we are up 8% YoY.

Well with a sale you are still in real estate.

I work full-time as a CPA audit manager at a Big 4 public accounting firm, and in my free time I would love to help and learn from an experienced investor with strategies similar to what I’m interested in (appreciation, single family (potential multi family), mid-term rental (potential short-term)).Open to any advice as well on how to make my first leap into actual investing!

Other areas were your relying on Wells that are very expensive and or you pay 15k for a dry hole.. etc etc. there is basic due diligence that needs to be done and relying on someone else to do that for you is frankly foolish.

Depending on how you set up your STR that could affect you.

I am new to RE investing & BP as well. 

I use it for my personal portfolio as well.

If you have a well-documented paper trail of problems, it would be hard to contest a non-renewal.

I am still grateful for the lessons that this one taught me, and will serve me well in all my future endeavors..

That is the lowest we’ve seen in several months and well below the ~8% peak seen back in October 2023.The Fed monetary policy and rate decisions remain the biggest single driver of the residential real estate market overall.