PA is a great alternative to those because you can drive there and there are some great well-priced, lower tax alternatives to NY and NJ.

If they announced Elon Musk was moving to Austin, everyone would be investing in Austin driving the prices up.

I am planning to travel to Columbus and drive around but I can't possibly get to know an entire area in even a few short visits. 

Is your A frame surrounded by trees?

Anything is fair game within that driving radius.

While the brokerage you choose definitely has a big impact on your business, the agents (investor friendly) that you surround yourself with within that brokerage are going to be a key factor.

If I forget to pull them out, then I have to drive downtown to get a copy of the paper from the office at the newspaper.I'm pretty good at remembering now since I have driven down there a couple of times in the past.

It's about a 40 minute drive from me.

If you operate an STR, gross income is your total rent paid by your guests, before any subtractions.To figure out your taxes, you take this gross income and subtract from it all allowable business expenses: marketing, education, technology, licenses and fees (including Airbnb and credit card fees), office expenses, business driving and so on.

Hi BP'rs, I don't have a good sense of how the interest rate cut today will affect me as a new investor looking for my first deal... will it start to drive up prices of homes in areas i'm looking at as money gets cheaper or am I off base?