Real estate is still relatively affordable and the climate is favorable.Short-term rentals are popular because it is one of the highest and best uses for an income property and you can reduce your W-2 and active income if you spend enough hours a year helping manage the property.We partner with a state-wide short-term rental property management company that helps us and our investors know what the trajectory of regulations are in each community and they use their tools and experience to tell us average daily rates, average monthly and annual revenue, and if the market is saturated with short-term rental properties.To Your Success!

In the past month I've reviewed two applications with derogatory remarks related to student loans.

Wife does the leasing, I do the paperwork, our contractors do everything maint. related.

It allows you to apply everything you've learned with relatively low risk.

If the only two choices are literally these two properties, the single family home is better because it will have lower expenses relative to the duplex.

I have a pm (licensed, insured) and a co-host.I like both of them but the co-host seems to be better at occupancy and possibly guest relations.  

Your personal assets are shielded from property-related lawsuits or claims. 

And for investor to put up money for this is just financial suicide.. there was guys down in San Antionio doing this preying on non english speakers.. just a sleazy way to try to make a buck nothing to be proud of.I'm terrible at explaining it while trying to relate it to everyone's terminology. 

When your property is relatively inexpensive, say $200k, and you want cost segregation applied to it - is it worth it to hire a cost segregation firm and pay their fee? 

Another option would be to contract with a third party cybersecurity provider for this and related services.