Purchase price: $170,000 Cash invested: $30,000 This is an international short-term rental property on a Greek isle.

BP has various tools to help you analyze your deals (rentals, flips, wholesale, etc). : https://www.biggerpockets.com/investment-calculators7.

@Treza Edwards "I am reading the Rental Property Investing book and implementing the method that focuses on cash flow and that strategy states you need to have $300 cash flow per month, per property.

When evaluating markets for rental properties, there are a lot of factors to consider: population growth, employment rates, rent to price ratio/GRM/Cap Rate, rent trends, vacancy rates, etc. 

Quote from @Terrence Adams: Hi everyone, I’m Terrence, new to rental property investing and excited to learn from this group.

What are your biggest challenges when designing your vacation rental?

Quote from @Mary Jay: Quote from @Jay Hurst: Quote from @Mary Jay: hi guys,so I have a lot of equity in one of my rentals but the interest rates are super low on it. so I dont want to do a cash out refinance on it because I dont want to lose the 3% interest rate on it.I want to get some cash out of it via Heloc or another vehicle,  so I could buy another rental, but its not my primary, so I cant get a HELOC on it from lots of banks....I think PenFed does helocs on rentals, but because I have more than 5 rentals, I dont qualify for their HELOC loan.IS there a bank that would give a HELOC/cash on a rental?

They also have a home vacancy tax in a lot of areas which applies to short term rentals. 

Why do you want to buy 2 rentals a year?

Do you think a duplex is generally a better investment than a single-family home for rental purposes?