With an influx of STR investor demand and a shrinking 2025 STR Participation window - its vital investors align or establish a qualified team to execute.

Quote from @Chaim Mal: Hi there,I’m looking to connect with a seasoned real estate investor in the Cleveland or Dayton, OH area.

The user interfaces on ALL these real estate softwares are dreadful...quickly thrown together, non intuitive and bloated...designed to sell features and make sales to a hungry, burgeoning real estate investor marketplace...'

Quote from @Mike Klarman: You keep asking other investors where they get their funding, guaranteed some of them will have private money. 

I recently moved to Las Vegas after spending 16 years in the Los Angeles area.Long-term investor with a buy and hold strategy mindset.

@Borja Antolin Pargada Recommend you first figure out the property Class you want to invest in, THEN figure out the corresponding location/neighborhoods to invest in.Why is Property Class so important for investors to understand and apply in their investing strategies?

As an out of state investor with one property in Detroit (Eastpointe), you really want to make sure that you factor in property taxes being uncapped.

She was able to introduce me to some investors and I realized the potential that real estate provides for my personal and professional goals here in our new home.Now, on to the advice and/or suggestions from the community:I have dived head first into the education aspect of investing and feel like I'm drinking from the fire hose! 

I see many first-time investors run into the same financing pitfalls:Not getting pre-qualified before making offersUnderestimating rehab costsOverestimating ARVChoosing the wrong loan term for their exit strategyForgetting about holding costsWhat’s one financing mistake you wish you could go back and avoid?

Since this scenario is not very common, I think of it like a boutique hotel, even though it is not.I heard that investors who are making the switch are more attracted to 12% cap rates, fix and flip.