It's sad bc she is nice and I like her as a friend, but it is not working out at all!   

Joe is a good friend of mine.

It depends on your goals but I and many of my friends and clients started with house hacking and then used the equity to buy out of state.

Ideally, I’m looking for areas with a mix of:High occupancy rates for STRs (Airbnb or VRBO),Solid potential for appreciation over the long term,Investor-friendly regulations on short-term rentals.If anyone has experience with markets that fit these criteria or knows areas where STR is thriving with good investor laws, I’d love to hear your thoughts.

If you want to optimize you could identify the busy season and make that STR friendly and then the rest of the year block it for longer stays.

I have a lot of houses that my friends with say is "high crime", but that is because it is areas they would not live and do not understand.

We are renting all 3 units currently, while living in another home that we co-own with a friend.

Automation tools like Hospitable handle pre-check-in instructions, Wi-Fi details, and even friendly post-checkout follow-ups, all while making guests feel like they’re receiving real-time communication.Effortless Five-Star Reviews: Automated review requests can be timed perfectly to boost ratings without the awkward "pretty please" messages.

Every system you try will have flaws, or you may salivate over a feature that appears in other software.Some familiar names are mentioned frequently: Stessa, Apartments.com, RentRedi, TenantCloud, Innago, RentManager, Avail, Rentec Direct, Doorloop, etc.I recommend conducting thorough research on each app online to understand their offerings, pricing, etc.

I am a huge fan of DIY cost segs (I have compared with kbkg) feel free to reach out for my friends and family discount code with DIY.