I’ve been actively looking into doing short term rentals in either Big Bear or Twenty Nine Palms/ Joshua Tree Area (300K Budget).

If you are in your early forties, thirties, or twenties, I think you are nuts to put a decent portion of your wealth in the stock market (Certainly at all time highs).

Initially, reading "Rich Dad, Poor Dad" in 2017 sparked the flame, but BP was the fuel that got it roaring.

Twenty-five year warranty - broken piece, return for a replacement, no hassle but hold onto the receipt. 

If it is more near term, then you should definitely talk to @Matt 'Roar' Gardner. 

Renters said mistakes of the past should not affect their future, especially something from ten or twenty years ago.

So folks who invested the same amount of capital in Detroit twenty years ago as others invested the same amount of capital in Dallas I imagine have a much different balance sheet today.  

In order for me to secure financing for a property under $50,000, I had to call twenty different banks. 

We are now going to try to just have my wife take out a home equity loan to get started in investment properties we have around a hundred twenty thousand in home equity our first question is taking out home equity a good way to get started in investment properties but also if we do take out home equity for a downpayment will we still have issues trying to finance the rest of it with only my wife working part time any opinions would be greatly appreciated thanks

@Matt "Roar" Gardner Thank you!