2.What are the best and most cost-effective solutions for managing this potential long-term issue?

Here’s what I’ve learned so far: Investors want deals with solid profit potential—so they’re always looking at the numbers: a good ARV, reasonable rehab costs, and enough room to make a return.

Hello everyone,This is a few years off for me, but I was wondering when someone would decide that hiring a FT employee to manage a property (and potentially FT maintenance) would make sense?

you'll be cash flow negative / losing money, potentially for years and years. 

Your listing title is the first thing potential guests see, so it's got to stand out.

Ordinarily those tenant vacated damages would be too remote, but it sounds like they were contemplated by both parties at the time of contract.Were I in this situation I would be looking to state law to determine if the EMD is truly the extent of my potential liability as a buyer. 

It’s a fair point—housing construction has lagged for years—but does that excuse using tech to potentially exploit renters?

My strategy is to hold it long-term, leveraging the steady rental income while benefiting from potential appreciation.

Knowing that you're new in the forum and to avoid a potential reaction of the style "Who's this idiot who thinks he knows my country better than me?"

$500k would be enough to go out and buy something else leveraged that would potentially get you a better return.