USE MY 5-STEP LITMUS TEST TO SEE THE PROFITABILITY OF A POTENTIAL PROPERTY: https://strlikethebest.com/litmuspodQ4 2025 Market Update: What's Actually Working Right NowMost people think high-income professionals are buying Airbnbs for cash flow. They're wrong.In this episode, Michael and Liz reveal the real reason why employees at Meta, Amazon, Blackstone, and Goldman Sachs are aggressively buying $750K-$1.5M short-term rental properties and it has everything to do with the tax code.We break down:How to legally offset $300K+ in W2 income with a single property purchase (and why paying 40% in taxes is optional if you know what you're doing)The markets actually producing results in 2025 (Tennessee, Colorado, Pennsylvania) and which expensive Northeast markets are complete trapsA real $2M property case study where the owner is leaving $50K+ on the table annually through basic pricing mistakes (this happens more than you think)Why this only works as a long-term hold strategy, and why trying to flip your way through this will get you destroyed by the IRSThe difference between markets with "good regulation" versus those that will make your investment impossible to operateThe bottom line: If you're making $200K-$650K in W2 income, taxes are your biggest expense, bigger than your mortgage, bigger than anything else. This episode shows you exactly how to turn that expense into your biggest wealth accelerator.This is what they don't teach you in business school.LEARN MY STR INVESTING & STRATEGIES 🔥 https://strlikethebest.com/wealthpod Apply to work with Michael: https://strlikethebest.com/applypod Follow Michael on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/michaelchangbnb

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