Easier management--you know the property much better and can take care of issues quickly and efficiently.

That’s the second-straight month of index improvement, and it’s been driven by — you guessed it — lower mortgage rates over the past 4 months.

Without knowing your exact situation on time, energy, and capital it's hard to limit down to a market. 

Direct marketing can be pretty time/energy consuming, have you considered buying directly from wholesalers?

Selling (1031 exchanging) our high equity family owned properties is the best (really only) option that we have for funding our share of new purchases right now and with each new purchase, we are buying nicer and usually larger units in better neighborhoods so I'm trying to improve the quality of our family owned holdings in addition to growing a new business with our new partner.

This could streamline your financing process and help you acquire properties more efficiently, enabling you to take advantage of investment opportunities as they arise.Understand US Financing: Familiarize yourself with the US mortgage market.

I believe it's actually a very good regulatory environment now that the permits are in place.Overall, I expect metrics to continue to improve over the next few years as the demand for STRs continues to grow in our market at a 15% year over year rate. 

If more investors spend a fraction of the time and energy spent worrying about asset protection and do the things on a daily basis that prevents liability exposure, plaintiffs attorneys won’t eat as well. 

 @Chris SeveneyThe long-shot play I became aware of; Capital Improvement Project Funding that the city/county have allocated for projects that meet 2 criteria.Have a lifetime greater than 10 yearsCost more than $50,000I believe, even if the water and refuse collection run is only 1000 ft, that may not qualify but to do it "right", that two mile run would allow the entire subdivision to be supplied with services.

Focus your energy on what you know about Dallas, or stay out of the discussion.3.