You might find a deal or two that makes sense in the secondary markets (Round Rock, Pflugerville, Georgetown, Hutto, etc...).

She lives with family while going to school, and works around 15-20 hours a week year round.  

Hello BP,I'm looking for a respected General Contractor in the Round Lake Beach Area, can you please suggest one.

Like a broken record, the trick is to find out the perfect Location, Location, Location ;-) Many STRs break even or even lose money because the math needs to make sense in terms of year-round high average occupancy rates necessary to pass the break-even threshold.

Just because the home itself looks the same doesn't mean the rest of the property does.And here's some quick tips from another article here on BP that will help round out my answer.

A nice surprise and they gave me the wood cut in rounds (like a hundred plus worth of firewood). 

@Michael Kistner Review the life left on the big ticket items.

I currently work full-time in the medical field for the past 20 years which limits my time.My goal is to move to the Tampa Bay area to be closer to family and get away from winter with REI being full time or supplement my income.

We purchased this gem from a wholesaler and are rounding third base in the renovations. 

I dont want the tenant to feel like they are paying an individual (me) .I would be nice if they also generated a report.2>I want to use a 24/7 service to be available to take service calls from tenant via a 1-800 number and log a ticket.