Short-term rentals (STRs) can be lucrative, though there are headwinds ahead in Houston.

Realtor B puts the property on the MLS but has not visited the property yet, doesn’t have a key yet (he used photos the developer had).  

I do think you are morally obligated to give the tenant a heads up of what's coming and sufficient time to find a new place if they can't afford what the new rent will be.

I love the way you highlighted the beliefs that were holding you back and how you crushed them.I'm still in the 'new to real estate' phase and working on getting myself the education and tools to do my first deal, so hearing from someone just ahead of me that did such a large deal is really cool!

Instead of recommendations and professional advice from her I found myself with more questions than answers often times, and her newness and lack of confidence left me feeling like I couldn't trust her.I think you're already 4 steps ahead of her as you're here asking the questions and are engaged on the BP forums which in my opinion, besides having a great broker with seasoned agents to learn from in person, is the MOST important thing.

You always need to be proactive and ahead of issues with your investment property.Thank you for adding this point!

Go ahead and ask the resident tenant base if that's increased or decreased the availability of affordable housing in the last several years.

I've been interested for quite a while in investing in Spain (almost doesn't matter where, I love almost everywhere I have visited and lived in the county) As a foreigner, do you have any advice for where I could get started researching if this is possible?

"Ok, it sucks people are blatantly copying our hard work... but how do I just get so far ahead of them.. they're always copying our work from 6months to 2 years ago... and they have no clue why our design looks like it does because they didn't do the 500+ split tests to know what elements are actually important".

A quick visit to their company website shows 34 locations across 8 states.