As your portfolio and your risk tolerance grow, grouping properties in LLCs becomes more reasonable.If you have an LLC structure set up ahead of time and you are making cash purchases, you have the added benefit of being able to close in an LLC and potentially have some anonymity of ownership.

VRBO rep did not see it as same thing due to different level of airplane noise but I claim there is also different tolerance level to noise and if you are sensitive to noise, do not rent a unit that states it has airplane noise.Good luck

The tenant tolerates the flooring issue because they recognize their rent is below market rent.

Since there is no 'underwriting' process you will set your risk appetite and tolerance and will want to review: Income (ability to pay), credit (willingness to pay) and cash (assets, savings and percentage down).

It comes down to your risk tolerance, willingness to live in a unit or not, and where you want to live.

Hey Vincent, if you have a lower risk tolerance.. 

You're in a great spot — take your time and make decisions that fit your risk tolerance.

Here’s how I’d approach it in your shoes, given your goals, age, risk tolerance, and the desire to go full-time in renovations while staying as stress-free as possible:1.

The reason is that cashflow in California is awful and even though appreciation was great in the past, and would have beat out many other areas of the country as long as you could tolerate the negative cashflow, I personally don’t think that’s going to continue to be the case so I keep my mostly passive investments mostly in the Midwest.

How much toleration will I have for painting, fixing dirty, dusty, smelling fixer houses?