Quote from @Diana Mulvihill: Hi all,Looking for some advice, please.I started my STR about six months ago, and it’s been going great.

She works a full time W-2 job and still helped me 4 weekends in a row.

Great, I'll put this one in storage (or sell it).The same about the locks.

Also, not very easy to use typical methods of valuation like comparable sales - there is no public tax assessor's website that you can just freely grab this from. 

Quote from @David Mancia: My Name is David Mancia, and at the end of last year I finally took the plunge and decided to contact RTR to buy my first out of state property, and I was contacted by Ms.

This would hopefully maintain strong cashflow from the property will providing some capital to use for the next property acquisition. 

Looking to add some unique features as well, but some of the draws would be a hottub and stocked pond to fish from.

Metro Atlanta, generally speaking, respective markets 30 to 45 minutes from the City, will be tight on cash flow unless you implement a creative investment strategy, such as short-term rentals, medium-term rentals, or rent-by-the-room properties, or allocate at least 30% to 35% towards your downpayment if you intend to hold the property as a long-term rental. 

Hello, new here to this forum and have recently relocated back to Ventura County, CA.

I wouldn't touch this.