There's also a major university there, Ken Griffin just moved Citadel hedge fund down there, and the technology entrepreneurial landscape is opening up as well.

Are next steps is looking at our first market landscape to get our 1st deal for 2025.

2) Subsidizing rents:- S8 and other programs statisitically only train tenants how to be dependent on the free handouts.If you really want to make a difference, try basic financial education for tenants and the financial demographic they come from!

If you miss on fence, landscaping, etc, these are small and you can recover. 

Mgt, Landscape/Snow, tax, insurance, utility then debt service. 

I have my (low maintenance)demographic that I prefer to cater to.

I added a pool and did some landscaping and have been using it as a family winter retreat and renting it to a STR operator the rest of the year.

Many benefits to doing so. 2) If you are going to invest outside your area, the one thing I rarely see mentioned here is simply the "investment landscape".

Why Insurance is Not Enough Unfortunately, the landscape with guests and how often lawsuits are filed, has changed dramatically in the last 4-5 years and it's a risk no STR homeowner should take!

The mega site in Richmond, as well as Mt Vernon, will really change the landscape in these areas as they did in E-town when the battery plant came in play.