He’d likely play the role of buyer’s agent, contractor, and rental listing agent—something we successfully did last June.

You want to play the charitable hero.

There may be other issues at play here that have little to do with a lack of experience at real estate tech platforms. 

Curious how this will play out in the courts (granted it's LTR) and affect pricing products used for STR such as PriceLabs (which I use but have to seriously manually adjust for very specific reasons).

Hi Robert,Given you are looking to buy another rental (long term), a cash out refinance on the existing property would be a good play here.

Not the cash flow play a lot of people expect. 

There’s no real reason to jump into another market unless your goals shift and your current market doesn’t fit anymore—or if the market itself stops producing the results you need.Mastering one market and squeezing every opportunity out of it is a much better play than spreading yourself too thin and getting half-baked results in multiple places.

Paid a top local esigner to come have a look and all she did was insult our cute little place that was doing just fine.....But I think where a designer could add value is by suggesting unique areas, like game rooms, coffee bars, outdoor BBQ/play areas, and stuff like that. 

If you ever want to chat more about this... or if you're curious how these strategies play out in markets like Austin or Scottsdale... feel free to reach out.

Sometimes the best investment is found in a 'transitioning' market that is just outside the 'great' market and is in play to be the next great one.