I read a news article that the Vegas utility providers encourage customers to sign up for "smart" thermostats that allow the utility provider to adjust your home's temperature.

I have seen homes where people have removed most of the interior walls and the end creation looks fantastic (even one in which they removed all the interior walls other than the bathroom and it looked like a mid-century modern masterpiece).You will also need to work on energy efficiency, as mobile homes rate poorly in this category (based on the year it was built).

Plenty of people have gotten rich investing in Chicago, while plenty of others have had poor experiences.       

Things to consider when choosing a SDIRA custodian are customer service, knowledge, experience, and processing speeds, as they will be integral to ensuring that the investments you have chosen to self-direct are facilitated efficiently.

So....is it a poor area to house hack?

It all started with rich dad poor dad, since then I’ve consumed numerous hours of BiggerPockets Podcast & Get Rich Education.

(or the debt that give you a poor credit score rating). " What are we going to do with the free'd up income" and finally " How much money will i need to retire comfortably and when can i retire?"

Hello BP,For repeat customers, is there another platform through which guests can book again without having to use Airbnb and VRBO?

Because of this, we have purchased a lot to custom build on in a few years.

Suggestions:1) get good rental property insurance that covers loss of rents for covered reasons: fires, etc; 2) be a good landlord and treat your tenants as customers you will reduce liabilities with an ounce of prevention; 3) Get umbrella insurance which also helps to covers your assets in a suit; 4) IF you get an LLC you must run it as a separate business or it will not provide you any protection (I'm not an attorney, but that's my understanding); meaning if you combine your business funds with your personal funds, they will be able to demonstrate it behaves as a straw company and really the courts should ignore it as a separate legal entity (my understanding of the risks).  5) LLCs can make lending/borrowing more difficult, until you want to borrow non-conforming loan funds (non-Freddie/Fannie) or you hit your 10-15 property limits with Freddie/Fannie, at which time you'll need to go to commercial lenders who will WANT the property/loan to be in an LLC.  6) As you grow your portfolio keep in mind conventional lenders will look at your DTI (debt to income) ratios.