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Too much risk.I like the idea of doing a land contract instead of a traditional sale but have never done one.What benefits would the land contract give us over just doing a regular sale?

Our goal is to subdivide while in the county in order to build a regular single family home on parcel (A). 

Most very successful STRs seem to have direct booking options, they are opening their properties to the YouTube Airbnb influencers to get more publicity, they are creating regular content through their own social media channels, etc.  

Worse case it could be converted to regular apartments.

Just get a regular hot tub, I promise it'll much cheaper than a lawsuit. 

When I do my own units, should I charge a really low price to my own property to make it self sufficient as it would then cover its own expenses, or should I charge the regular full price for cleaning and pay myself the entire cost for cleaning to boost my income?

I preach about this regularly to people looking to invest in Texas and San Antonio ore specifically.

If those houses were on the open market why didn't regular buyers buy them, too much work?  

We had jobs there and we took summer classes to lighten the load of the regular semester.