I think there is a trend of people who want to achieve financial freedom early now that we have seen older generations struggle since they were closer to retirement age during the Great Recession and some still have to work to this day to catch up.

Plenty of other real estate companies struggling, they're not the only ones.Listen to Jim Cramer on CNBC....don't invest in companies that lose money.As I look back over the jobs I've had since I started working, I think you should pick very carefully who you follow and learn from.   

Thank you for your Post.Mike  Our biggest struggle is getting guests to go through the steps and sign the agreement.

There's always going to be a war, pestilence, famine, political power struggle, uprising, strike, terrorist threat, meteor, volcano, tusnami, or other disaster looming on the horizon - and it's impossible to state what the next cataclysm will be.

@Mitch Messer thank you for your reply, the repair budget is what I'm struggling with, I was thinking about bringing a contractor when I walk a house.

i used to live in the DC area and still own a property in Arlington.i know the numbers on paper look great in a place like Huntsville, but we see a lot of folks in the forums in markets like DC or CA, who buy a random property in AL or OH or KS, and then immediately struggle because they didn't vet it properly, or didn't realize it wasn't in as great a neighborhood as they thought, or even buy an OK property, but then make $32.50 a month in 'cash flow,' and are disappointed in their return.so, i know you asked about huntsville, but i'd encourage you to think about picking a suburb or exurb of DC and really invest some time in it - maybe hagerstown or fredericksburg or winchester, or any place you're interested in within 2 hours with a lower price point than DC.

I have been struggling to find that I need.

Last year we struggled a bit in the slow months then did everything we could to tweak our listing - listing description, experimented with titles etc.  . 

On a different level, STRs are seeing a flock towards uniqueness, and the commodity units are starting to struggle revenue wise.

As the local governments struggle to manage tax payer money responsibly, they should really offer incentives to private builders to build "income restricted" at a much lower price. $220-$300/ft for vertical build costs.