My travels to Hawaii in November, Peru and Chile in January and now here have all been very successful, and I have managed to save a good chunk of my income, while traveling, each month (although the only reason I was able to save money in November when I was in Hawaii is because of a timely bonus from that I spent very little of —man that place is expensive).

Another one I bought with 100% research and analysis that many corporates were moving into that area, hasn’t done as well given Covid / WFH.

2023 was the first year I started pulling rental income from my properties and it was eye-opening to me. 

Do not put long term holds into Sub S elected LLCs or corporations. 

My mom made me get my real estate license when I was 18 but I went into corporate America after college and didnt pursue real estate until much later.

I have filed my US taxes yearly since then and declared my foreign and only income each time to the IRS.

My budget is less than $200k, and I’m looking to live in one unit while renting out the other.I’m not particularly concerned about property appreciation; my main goal is to generate a steady income.

However, that was before Airbnb and those people were not claiming income.

But mortgate interest can offset rent income (I don't want to pay tax on rental income).

I put "paid" in quotes because we traded our last low income housing rental for it;)