The problem that you will run into is that, as an investor, you'll want to use the income method to calculate the value, but 4 plexes and down often sell for whatever the market is doing and right now the market continues to be up.

Lots of reasons fueled this, most of which are not backed by hard data.

I think in today's world this is the best way to get started.Can you do work to the house or do you need one move in ready?

Read that last sentence again.

This is the first month in at least 2 years that they have not had super host (of course they did not tell me, I had to see my listings without the super host tag).Good luck

If you’re interested in discussing this further, please feel free to message me.

This has always been the case.

As a best practice, I would absolutely recommend having some type of written lease arrangement and not have a verbal agreement as that can make it more difficult to evict and open the door for he-said, she-said arguments.If you have not considered already, I may also recommend looking into investing with Trusts and LLCs to have asset protection and/or anonymity with your personal residence and/or other investment properties.Note: This information is for educational and informational purposes only and does not constitute legal, tax, financial, or investment advice.

You always have to manage the managers, which in this case is your vendors. 

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