Most investors are a pain because most of them have no clue and have their own ideas.

If they knew Natalie is a pain in the *** who calls them every single week telling them she's still good to go at her $200k number they would have never sold it for $180k months later.

And it will start with you finding out their pain points fears and wishes. 

We are open to many markets but leaning towards so cal, Palm Springs, Florida (to establish residency to ease ca tax pain).Question is, should we try to sell the primary home or condo to reap the cash and buy more units/homes faster?  

Our city requires a STR license and city inspection.I was reading through the list of requirements and nothing too bad (although the land line and wired smoke alarms in every bedroom is a pain in the)Then at the very end, it said the following:“Work without a permit will be forwarded to the building construction enforcement for investigation “The place is pristine and completely done.

It's about 5 minutes from North Conway.One thing to be careful of is the entire area seems to be going through growing pains and as a result STR regulation discussions are being discussed or are in place by Jackson, Madison, Freedom, Kearsarge Lighting District, Conway, Albany (I think), and now Bartlett.  

We are planning on eventually moving out and renting out both units, so we were planning on following it, but some of the things (deposit held in an Illinois bank) seem to be more of a pain than it's worth since all of our current accounts (at least the free ones) are only through CapOne360.

I live in Doylestown PA, in the heart of Central Bucks.

They think: this guy is an *** with too many rules and is going to be a pain.

I find that jumping through the hoops (keeping DTI low, having reserves, high down payment, W-2 and all bank statements) is a pain in the butt.