They also said that the single-stage system is more simple, which is good for a rental since tenants will tend to beat these systems up and overruse them.

It is better to stay simple.

I run a real estate data venture that pulls from various private and public sources and curates these reports, so it's not a simple answer.Social Sentiment: Search demand and what people are saying online.Neighborhood Class: Cleanliness, crime, graffiti, and overall health.Demographics: Identify market segments & trends.GDP & Economic Growth: County-level GDP changes to assess economic vitality.Poverty Metrics: Analyze economic challenges.Construction Activity: Easily predict market supply.Occupational Diversity: Forecast housing & commercial needs.Education Insights: Understand community stability.Real Estate Trends: Identify property value & rental cycles.Houston was just a place where I felt like sharing some knowledge.

Short terms provide get ROI numbers and have that benefit that a simple vacation home doesn’t.

My first STR was at a beach that I've been to many times and is in my home state.As I get more comfortable with these markets and strategies I may then look into others, but for now I'm okay keeping things simple.

One of the greatest advantages of the U.S. real estate market is the relative ease of finding off-market properties, either through local or nationwide wholesaling companies, or by setting up a fairly simple marketing system to generate off-market leads.As a marketer and investor from Israel, I’ve been involved in these markets since 2019, so I have a pretty good sense of what you're referring to.

They utilize Propertyware for the portal which is very simple and all maintenance requests and payments can be viewed in the portal.

The community leader, Josh Roosen, really goes out of his way to make you feel connected.And that's the real value of the group at the end of the day: They are committed to your success.A little about my track-record, since joining the group last year I've done:1) acquired 80 units ($7mm in assets) across 2 syndications and 1 joint venture2) Launched a podcast (Multifamily Investing Made Simple)3) Will be publishing a book (Passive Investing Made Simple) in June. 

So basically my best options are to keep things simple: rent out the property as a whole in the other state or buy a house in my state and just get some roommates?

Especially given the fact that she's a full-time real estate agent, you shouldn't have any issues.I personally like using my calendar (i.e. having clear appointment related to real estate) combined with a simple Excel / Google Spreadsheet as the tracker.