They rank in the top ten markets for entrepreneurship in the 2015 Kauffman Foundation study, and all four are in Emerging Trends 2016’s list of top 20 markets for real estate investment and development."2016 Market Rankings"In this year of movement, the Emerging Trends in Real Estate markets-to-watch survey reveals a new number-one market as Dallas/Fort Worth climbed four spots from last year’s survey to take the top spot, leapfrogging state rival Austin in the process, which remains in the number-two spot.

If you can hit 70%+ occupancy on a vacation rental then you are straight killing it. 100% will never happen unless it is a beach rental in the summer somewhere.Truly last thing ... if everyone was getting returns like you are showing ... the property values in that area would rival Manhattan.

Carpet and Roofing are about the only two things I have not done when it comes to renovations (havnen't had the opportunity yet, bitter sweet).

Seems there could be some inherent bitterness there maybe... dunno.

I've seen homes that rival the most amazing homes in Bates-Hendrick, Fountain Square, and St Clair Place, but they are located in "ghost towns" right now.Other things to consider are:Median Household IncomeEducation levelMedian rent ranges for an areaYou can also check the city permits and enforcement database to see how many enforcement citations are issued on particular blocks of streets and how many permits have been pulled.

This will be 3/4 Partners with emotions involved such as bitterness and possibly vindictiveness.

I have a tenant who is a Texas licensed sales agent.She messaged me that she would like to buy-out the remaining 8 months of her lease due to a bitter divorce.I highlighted the cost to to include holding cost and cost of leasing.Sensing that this may run to a couple of thousands,she is offering to list the house, do showing and continue to live in the house until a new tenant is found.I am just not comfortable with this suggestion, I will rather list it myself being a realtor and let her do the showing instead.I am trying to keep the relationship strictly landlord -tenant without any complexity.I am just curious what you guys would do or did in a similar situation.Thanks in advance

On another note, I would also be bitter if a tenant takes me to court for some BS reason so, i don't get why you let her slide for July's rent??

Yes, I am bitter about the extreme unreliability of contractors in Western Pennsyltucky.

Bitter sweet,  but at the end of the day, getting 7-8% increases is a hell of a lot better than San Francisco’s ridiculous 2% (+/-) allowable increases plus wacky side rules on rentals ;) But at any rate, this bill is a big deal for CA landlords!