I was reading on it, and it just wasn't clicking. 

It took my wife reading "rich dad poor dad" and start playing the cashflow board game for it to click with her and get her 100% on board.  

Short-term rentals (STRs) can be lucrative, though there are headwinds ahead in Houston.

Instead of recommendations and professional advice from her I found myself with more questions than answers often times, and her newness and lack of confidence left me feeling like I couldn't trust her.I think you're already 4 steps ahead of her as you're here asking the questions and are engaged on the BP forums which in my opinion, besides having a great broker with seasoned agents to learn from in person, is the MOST important thing.

You're way ahead of many college students.

Then, I would go ahead and start to use hard money and DSCR to BRRRR properties.

I do think you are morally obligated to give the tenant a heads up of what's coming and sufficient time to find a new place if they can't afford what the new rent will be.

Go ahead and ask the resident tenant base if that's increased or decreased the availability of affordable housing in the last several years.

You always need to be proactive and ahead of issues with your investment property.Thank you for adding this point!

I love the way you highlighted the beliefs that were holding you back and how you crushed them.I'm still in the 'new to real estate' phase and working on getting myself the education and tools to do my first deal, so hearing from someone just ahead of me that did such a large deal is really cool!