My management company knows to call me first, I can decide to go myself, send my own guy, or let their guy go.I've had to use their guy when on vacation twice and they charged me very little.  

Can pm on Monday when I return from vacation thanks.

@Jen FaulknerYou may find more information if you look up Short Term Rentals or Vacation Rentals.

The only issue you're going to have is that you'll have to document why the new home will ideal as a primary residence while vacating the current primary (larger home, larger family size, more rooms, better area, etc).

These are basic 1 BR condos, not luxury units, but nice enough.  

I am thinking that when I close on December 4th, I tell the current tenants on the first floor that they have a 30 day notice to vacate the unit so that I may live there.  

I have a goal to one day buy an island and develop it with a boutique hotel/vacation property for friends and family to utilize and for a private vacation getaway business.Anyone here invest in exotic land or island purchases?

It isn't about return; it is about capital preservation.It will be interesting to see how the NYC luxury condo market fares now that we are starting to see the international buyer pool cool down a little bit.

We chose the Jax beaches area because my wife taught school here for a year when I was deployed and she thought I'd retire soon.....well, a couple of years later I finally decided to pull the plug and we both liked it here a lot, so came back on vacation and decided this was the place. 12 years of cold English weather helped with the decision too!

I'm thinking about a buy and hold opportunity for a luxury town home 2 miles south of Texas A&M University in College Station TX.