I’m wondering—what’s the quickest you’ve ever funded or closed on an investment property?

The 2 applicants are in their 40's, have no criminal history, bad credit, low income (not career based jobs), 1 of them has 4 collections (*All under $200 and closed out though). 

Wondering if it would even flag, and how they'd treat something this sloppy.

There you can build up your skills even further and these jobs can pay a lot if you are producing great results.  

I'm looking to potentially invest in a STR in Big Bear, CA to offset our W-2 income, and am wondering if Big Bear or Arrowhead area is a good market for short term rentals? 

But I think there's a line, and I'm wondering where some of you draw it.When I was a tenant, for example, the PM company would send us email updates & notifications about community events.

Sometimes I wonder if they are both at home, but just don't talk to each other.

While I do believe that some of the posters on BP are able to do a quality job self managing their portfolio of STR properties, they are spending a lot more time doing it than they’d like to admit.10 years ago in many markets STR provided outsized returns.  

I think we could’ve managed 15–25 long-term rentals while working full-time jobs, but when we hit 26 units (a mix of STR, MTR, and LTR), it became too much—so we quit our jobs and went full-time into real estate, managing our portfolio and running our agent team.From what I’ve seen, self-managing reduces vacancy by about 2–3%, increases rent collected by 5–10%, and obviously saves 100% of the PM fees.

I'm wondering if I'm making a mistake by pursuing this, and I would greatly appreciate any feedback you could offer.Thanks,Rebecca