It's amazes me how fast technology, culture, and people adapt.

The trend toward flat roofs is just silly in most areas (bc it causes water diversion problems, which then cause a myriad of other problems).

They do not understand the area, the demographic and culture to know how the property will operate long term and the issues you will have.

They do not provide meaningful oversight or guidance with respect to tax code compliance.A checkbook IRA LLC is an enhancement on the above structure that is generally more time and cost efficient for investors with a more diverse portfolio.

As soon as you start adding percentages you incentivize gross inequalities that will exacerbate over time and eventually result in full scale cultural divisions.

I agree, I have one STR that I own, but also thinking of doing the arbitrage for a few reasons: 1) to scale up a little quick - use income from that to use towards buying more properties 2) have some diversity in the portfolio 3) maybe use it as a segue into talking about getting the property under a lease to owner or owner financing situation.

The population has been growing here year over year over the last decade, it is home to The Ohio State University which has over 50,000 students that live here along with those that visit, and it also holds a diverse range of young professionals and traveling nurses to fill the demand of the multiple business corporations and hospitals stationed here.

Don't give up, you're in a great area that has seen high growth, almost zero vacancies, and is supported with diverse employment sectors and NJ and NYC transplants

Then narrow down what part(s) of DFW you are interested in because it’s a big city with diverse areas.

So you'd be looking at high potential rental income, cheap properties or, even better a combination of the two.That prime candidates would be:Mexico and the Dominican Republic: cheap properties, mass tourism, occupancy all year long, closeness to North America, direct flights from North America, the US and increasingly Asia, strong international and domestic tourism and tourists coming from diverse locations.Southern Europe (Portugal, Spain, Italy, Greece): properties aren't necessarily that cheap (some are) but you have mass tourism there as well.Then you have secondary markets like Colombia or Brazil.