If you do decide to go out of state I'd suggest a market you can travel to and from in one day by car or flight at least to start.

--reach out and thank them upon getting the booking and ask if they have any questions--send a "Welcome" email or automated message during the week prior to arrival--reach out the day after arrival to ask how everything was the first night and ask if there is anything that the property needs--reach out at the end of the stay (that morning or within 24 hours) and ask how everything was, anything to improve, anything to add to the house and then offer an incentive for returning guests.My 2 cents,Mike Absolutely stay in your place as Mike said.You will see things the cleaners will never let you know about.We stayed in our PF will putting up the Christmas decorations and found a cracked plastic shelf in the fridge. 

Good morning All,I've been real estate curious to the point of obsession for about a month now, but in that time I've started to develop my tentative plans.

I clearly typed it too early in the morning, because I definitely meant umbrella insurance.

I just met with a program coordinator this morning and asked the same question.

When we told her the next morning that it would take days to get new payoff letters and we would miss our rate lock deadline, she said it wasn’t critical and they could make do with what they had.

It turned out that Lee Arnold is an ordained minister, so on Sunday morning of the 3-day seminar in Austin, he held a church service and preached a very convincing sermon.

When we told her the next morning that it would take days to get new payoff letters and we would miss our rate lock deadline, she said it wasn’t critical and they could make do with what they had.

I'm from Grand Rapids.I use a 11"x18" graph paper and a daily morning workflow - combined with Google Calendar.

I tried using the biggerpockets rental calculator this morning and the cashflow was negative, but I may have been too conservative with the numbers.