Specializing in this vertical has come naturally to me as I know many friends and family members that spend their time investing in commercial properties.

This move-in ready home features open living space, sunken living room, vaulted ceilings & loads of natural light throughout!

Thoughtfully updated with quality finishes, comfortable open living floorplan, abundance of natural light, with room for everyone.

I had two occasions where the tenants looked amazing on paper, and connected with them really well during showing but turned out to be super incompetent tenant and called me about everything inconvenient about the house (i.e. smoke detector out of battery, spots with wall paint, natural porous holes on a travertine floor tile).  

Heating costs go up in winter, as does electric due to the reduced natural light and people being indoors more.

Buyer agents will naturally guide their clients to other properties.  

Weekends, holidays, or natural disasters are no excuse.

We are only a month into the lease, but I am a planner by nature and want to put thought into how a professional handles the lease renewal.

Dependent on the market owning the property and running an STR can be a great investment.There was a reply that mentioned spreading out the risk and that's important to the conversation because a bad guest can impact cash flow or future cash flow, however that is the nature of that business and one you will plan for.As long as you're holding a title to a property, paying down a note and at least breaking even, maintaining and improving over time the property... that's an investment in my book.AirBnB Austin is gonna be different beast than DFW or whatever too, find a model that is workable.

Guess that area may be better for cash flow rather than "natural" appreciation.But for your plan of living in the property and renting out the other units that will pay for your mortgage is pretty awesome.