@Jennifer Beadles  Here's another little tid bit because I like the cut of your jib....lol ...

@Chris Purcell  also if the vendor does not use the chip on your CC card and just swipes it.. you can dispute those as well and the CC will not protect the vendor.. they will only protect the vendor if the chip is used on a card with a chip.. little tid bit most don't know..

Any other tid-bits you think a newbie ought to know?

I should have bought some of those Borgata units when they were 30k LOL  Any way the other tid bit I remember as a snow bird you have to have weekly inpsections of your property during the winter other wise insurance wont cover a loss.I never had rentals. just a home that I lived in.. 

It’s helpful for understanding how to manage when you live out of state and has a lot of other good tid bits. 2) Still a good time to purchase a STR, just don’t buy something where the numbers don’t work.

Just a curious tid-bit but as your profile is all but nothing, how sure are we that your not a 15yr old troll, in Mom's basement with $23 to your name???? 

I think people can have both.. price of homes are so cheap in those areas you just pay cash for them... or pay them off quickly.. 40% of these areas the homes that are owner occ are paid for.. that's a little known tid bit.then go do your landlording thing.. but you have  home base that your not having to deal with some landlord ... to me renting is a complete waste of money .. in those areas when housing is so cheap.

@Brandon Warnke, thanks for that "tid bit". 

Homeadvisor is a good resource for us becaus our 5 star rating gives us an edge and I can turn off the leads whenever I'm booked up and back on again when I'm about 30 days from  finishing my last project.Another tid-bit is investor's are generally looking for a deal on re-habs.  

Also...here's another tid bit...companies like Homevestors, Econohomes & other big companies who offer discounted homes to the individual investors like yourself buy properties from these same auction houses in bulk.