I am currently employed in retail sales and am very excited to start my real estate investment portfolio!  

Own a rented out condo free and clear, and looking at options on doing a cash-out, not for real estate purposes.

You can check out the application I built that helps investors, specifically real estate investors find homes in their area.

Did you work with any real estate professionals (agents, lenders, etc.) that you'd recommend to others?

Also rental rates are dropping, and we are already seeing rental loan rates in the 5% range, I would expect to see rental rates under 5% by January.If you are going to be a real estate investor for the long term, why don't have your Real Estate License?

Hello Laura,I have actively purchased land that I identified for the last 10+ years.The easiest way to find out if the land is for sale is to talk to the owner directly.You can use tools such as Whitepages.com surprisingly they have over 90% of people's cell numbers.If you can't get the owner on the phone, I would send them a letter asking them if they want to sell, I have seen other people use actual contract offers that they send out to the owner trying to purchase the property.I would not share my concept unless its some sort of Charity that you are either seeking a partner or donation for.I haven't used PropStream, However one really good tool is called Land Glide, its and app on your phone, and you can look at the parcel makes in real time, and also see the owner info and for each parcel.Hope this helps,Dustin 

@Zehua ZhouSounds like a lot of extra work and money?

As a real estate agent and seasoned short-term rental (STR) host with over seven years of experience, I've seen the STR market evolve, especially post-2021, where competition is at an all-time high.

I'm 18 and don't have access to a ton of money (30k).

I have a few commercial and LTR but keen to get in to STR for some monthly returns but also as  a tax strategy. I’m in Sarasota but I like st Pete.  I was originally looking at Indian rocks beach but have extended my ...