For the last few years I kept thinking the market was going to get saturated with rentals and drive monthly rents down, but they keep building, and people keep moving in. 

Lots of properties are acquired with an owner-occupied loan in a 1031 exchange, especially primary homes that have will have an ADU for rent or that contain a large office space for the homeowner/taxpayer. 

Whether that is putting more money down, rent by the room, mid term, short term, etc., there's just no path that I see to get any real month to month cash flow (like actual cash flow, not spreadsheet cash flow). 

This trend has continued into 2024, with an increasing demand for rental housing driving up prices and creating affordability challenges for middle-income families.To address this issue, developers and construction companies have begun to explore innovative solutions such as “Build-for-Rent” projects.

And, I can benefit from amortization and appreciation over the long term.Best of all, my investment is inflation-protected: As overall prices go up, so do my rents and my property values.Your HYSA simply can't compete with a quality rental property investment.

Here's a fundamental explanation to get your juices flowing:Assume a house costs $200,000 and rents for $1,500.

Estoppel indicates agreement between LL and tenant on financial facts like deposit and advance rent-say first and last.Lease describes the relationship and conditions between the LL and tenant during the stay in the property as well as financial facts.

if you have the ability to provide these appliances and  can hook them up safely and  easily -   do it and increase the rent a bit  ....if it is  challenging to get these installed / hooked up - forego the  appliances and make  rent lower for the tenants inconvenienece

I have four S-Corps (non real estate related) and two LLCs (one real estate and one not) and 13 houses, $350,000 in rent rolls, RE Pro status, doing a cost seg, etc and my quote was $11,750. 

I’m looking to buy properties and then rent them out.