Those people overlooking what it means to “materially participate”Here’s the Material Participation Criteria:Spend more than 500 hours on the short-term rental businessDo substantially everything for the STR businessSpend more than 100 hours on the activity and no one other individual spends more time than you doSignificant participation activity for more than 100 hours, and your combined activity in all significant participation activities exceeds 500 hoursParticipating in the business for five of the 10 previous taxable yearsPersonal service activity (non income-producing) for three of the previous taxable yearsRegular, continuous, provable participation in the business for more than 100 hoursA Cautionary Tale: The Story of JacksonLet's take a moment to learn from the mistakes of others.

However, if you’re comfortable with the expenses and prefer to hold, you’d continue building equity, but it may take a while for cash flow to improve.

I suspect that appreciation cannot continue like it has.  

I do not know if THD will continue to find other tenants, they supposedly have a directory of homes and move tenants into them.

Looking to continue to add more to my portfolio as well.

Unfortunately, others are involved, so we'll just write off the $2k as a loss and continue to provide awareness of Bee Setups.

I think the trend will continue towards MTRs in the future around DFW.

Even though I don't have long hour blocks in my day where I can dedicate to REI education or execution, these little efforts each day have taken me further than I was just a few months ago and will continue to take me much farther in my REI journey.

@Roopesh KrishnamoorthyFinding cash flowing SFR is going to be a challenge (especially since you are looking for a primary at this point) and if you leave (H1B lottery) then do you plan to continue to fund any shortfall from India?

Another property continually has squatters even with boards up and bars in front of the windows and doors.