I want to start building relationships with the agents and visit some of them to pick their brains, figuratively, of course. 

But… if the renting out rooms doesn't qualify as your primary and you wait until year 2 to start renting out rooms you’ll be forced to sell before year 5 or you’ll be back to zero tax free again.

Plus, once you start syncing calendars then the other platform will know that you are making more money for their main competitor, leading to your searchability being downgraded.

Hi everyone,I recently decided to start out of state investing.

This got us in the game with very little of our $ to get started.

The sooner you can buy and the more you can buy the better off you are  I am starting off renting in SLC, and will begin my search for a new property, likely to live in for 1 year and then LTR it.

Hi Daniel, Would you be utilizing one of the units in the duplex as a primary residence or do you plan on renting both units from the start? 

When these homes get listed, we get photos and the 'dream of owning your own vacation home' So we have to start with price & location..if those both meet the criteria, then we hone in on weather we want one that has not been taken care of and likely not generating enough income to cover expenses or one that is fully themed and likely will continue to do well if all else stays the same.

I started off in 2009 spending 3K on 5 liens and I got burned on two of them and lost most of my money.

All it takes is one inspector to be perticular about the measurement, and it could cost you your entire basement, or add the cost of trying to lower the slab After you completed your remodel, which means a lot of rework...One additional bit of information related to the City of Chicago Building code which I hope will help someone in a tight situation down the road.