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They’re a great way to generate passive income with minimal hands-on involvement.Looking forward to hearing more about your goals!

Neighborhoods to invest in is a more subjective topic as that is often dependent on the type of investment you're interested in, your price point and even the type of tenants, if that's the route your going,  that you are trying to attract.

I feel as though my home is priced too high, however, my property manager insists the price is competitive.  

Quote from @Joel Oh: Hi guys, I know I will get a lot of hates from this but does STRs insurance really good as their price?

Monthly rent = to 2% of the price.

You’re probably thinking you have to offer asking price – not true!

Purchase price: $160,000 Cash invested: $45,000 Ended up buying the property after getting to know the owners who were cleaning up when I went over to ask them permission to cut down the leaning branches toward their roof.

.; Brookwood is a great school district so the property can attract families/renters; Smyrna is the area in Marietta that has properties within my price range. 

If you're going to put the purchase price of the home in an escrow account you would still be using the same amount of capital.