Or what happened to throwing an agent a couple grand to send off an offer. 

There are many STRs that do quite well in the suburbs of major cityies Off the top of my head, I can think of one of the STRs we manage that is 40 mins outside of Dallas and it has a great occupancy rate.

Sounds like with are under charging our owners by thousands of dollars or they are trying to rip you off.

A little over 15 years ago, in the late spring of 2009, I was a brand spanking new real estate agent coming off of a miserably failed real estate investment venture.

If anyone has an end lender that has successfully closed a handful occupied padsplit loans and can underwrite based off actual padsplit rents I would really appreciate an intro.

Quote from @Simon Horowitz: I'd love to connect on here with trustworthy contractors that I can bounce ideas off. 

In fact, come to the USA and live off of those of us who pay taxes.  

There is a lot of training involved, it takes months (up to 2 years), and they usually like to start them off as puppies.

@Travis TimmonsI had the same reaction as you did, but I held off on posting since I don't yet invest in STRs (I'm all LTR so far, and looking into my first MTR).Buying an STR "to offset income" makes me nervous as well...

Hello all, I have a SDIRA with some cash, 2 paid off properties and a stock portfolio in the SDIRAs name.