I find data on free sites like Zillow extremely helpful for days on market for certain homes, and it allows you to sort by bedrooms to see how long a potential property may sit on the market at this moment (great for comping rent prices in the area as well)if I were to live in the property, I would take advantage of the FHA low down payment option to keep cash in my pocket for Reno costs  Hope this helps!

@Madeline Burke great question and @Blair Russell i love your answer and am hoping that I can duplicate that and make it worth my timei have a small portfolio of rental units that i rent traditionally at the moment. i moving back into one of my triplexes and am going to airbnb the other two units and give it a go

If he attempts to play ball it is liable to disable him at the most critical moment in the game, when he is going to first or attempting to get home from third base.

@Dennis Bethea - my wife and I are local and manage a couple of STRs in McAllen/Edinburg at the moment.

We are working and living out of state at the moment and for the next few years. 

Overall, at the moment Ft.

The group we purchased from came in and did a beautiful high end renovation on all 100 units.

What she does is, the moment I discover there is repairs needed.. i ask the tenant why she didn’t let me know when it happened.

That gives a window of time (between the moment you make potential buyer aware, get his commitment/interest to buy and sign a contract with seller), for investor and seller to get together, exchange RE for cash and close the deal by cutting you out of it.

@Anita Zuniga, You're in the middle of a "Purse strings" v "heart strings" moment.