Your are right in one sense that Zillow has mislead the public, but they have done it in the same way nearly every public company does, sometimes by choice, sometimes by convention. 

Rental real estate is traditionally an excellent medium-to-long-term investment from a financial standpoint.

And before that quickbooks/excel.  

thankfully the market went insane and i was able to make a profit even with my inexperience, BP definitely influenced all of my choices and in hindsight if i applied more of the tips i learned from listening to the podcast and reading all the books recommended i shouldn't have made half the mistakes but live and learn. on to the next one!

My assumption and do not take this personally if you are just looking for ideas on what to do with $100k  vs actual guidance my guess is you do not have much time to manage a project or a short term rental so that limits your choices.

Hi Edward, you can have a look at my file place on BP, I have a few excel spreadsheets that may help you in your real estate investing journey (to analyze rental properties, BRRRR, etc).

If they kids don't want it then there is a choice.

Is a Heloc or 2nd mortgage a poor choice if I can get this property in shape by January/February?

Is a Heloc or 2nd mortgage a poor choice if I can get this property in shape by January/February?

Is there anyone that is already doing section 8 / housing choice vouchers...how do target people with vouchers to apply?