Just make sure the STR meets material participation rules and get a proper engineering-based cost segregation study to confirm the exact numbers.

BackgroundAge: 35Industry: Aerospace Engineering (W-2 income: $140k/yr)Household:Spouse (34), part-time nurse, stay-at-home momTwo children (4 years, 6 months)Location: High Cost of Living (South Bay, CA)Available Time: ~10–15 hours/weekFunds Available to invest: ~50kObjectivesPrimary Goal:Achieve W-2 income independence within ~15 years.Generate sufficient cash flow in the near term to allow my wife to be work optional.

I'm a software engineer working on a tool that allows landlords to connect to the bank accounts of potential tenants to verify their income, employment, previous addresses, and their identity.

Glad to have more people here who understand both the engineering and tax side looking forward to learning from your posts. 

Yes, but the marketing engine, or time spent with skill building includes a lot of money/time and resources.

Likely owned by GSH Ventures,another retail multifamily real estate schemeElisa Zhang is a real estate finfluencer, formerly a computer engineer, who markets herself through the ElizaZhang Financial Independence University41.

It’s been pretty consistent over the years.Always trying to mess with my listings to see the what impacts the algorithm the most.

This is the first year I can file taxes as a Real Estate Professional since prior years I always had my W2 engineering job.

We are both engineers, I'm civil and she's mechanical - but I feel like this gets overplayed as an advantage.Anyways, just wanted to come here, introduce myself, and give a shout out.

Social media, Google are powerful engines that can reach people but you have to consistently post on the various platforms.