I never recommend to my clients to be the ones to deal with the tenants unless they have the experience.2.

@Scott Isbister @Tony CanevaroLike Scott I do recommend the collaborate real estate meetups as well.

Did you work with any real estate professionals (agents, lenders, etc.) that you'd recommend to others?

I would recommend shopping around, especially with a local mortgage broker.

I always recommend starting small—testing with one VA for a month is a smart strategy.

@Jerry Tello I don't know of any books to recommend.

I would recommend seeing what other STR's similar to yours are market as for number of guests.

In hot markets, some wholesalers and investors use 80-85% of ARV (minus repairs) instead of the typical 70% to stay competitive.A few tips:1.

My recommendation would be to take business classes at a technical college while working/ interning for a company in a field you are interested in.

I do recommend creating (and keeping updated) written policies for all of your leasing and screening process, and making them available to folks during the application and screening process (talking about, sending links to, emailing, & reminding, the more times they see it the better even though they likely won't read it).