Where you choose to spend your golden years is critical.”And you don’t always have to go far.

Partly I think because of being based overseas, and partly because they (like VRBO & AirBnB) just don't give a crap about hosts - we're just there as golden cows to be milked. 

If you decide to pay in full your golden until you file a claim, for us that was $6k/year, and if you want a payment plan / month you will end up getting charged a large fee, for us it was $600 finance charge. 

Sounds like you made a smart buy at the right time in Carlsbad (and locked in that golden 3% rate—huge!).

They don't talk about the little "golden" nuggets that you need to know, when it comes to wholesaling.

Or people I have taken to lunch that have shared a nugget ot wisdom or a golden contact with me.

As with prettY much all commercial real estate firms and investments, future returns may not match the BOOM period - the golden age of MF - from say 2018 to 2022.

We also have a house hack in a short-term rental friendly area that we can also use as a full STR when we're traveling—we're lucky to both be free of our previous corporate jobs (golden handcuffs no more!)

No, not all of my investments were golden, but I read the neighborhoods correctly, and never blamed a PM who was caught between a rock and a hard place. 

They probably got the Golden Visa where you only have to spend 500k on real estate to qualify and you get citizenship in addition you only have to spend 2 weeks a year in country.