Nothing worse than walking up the front of the house and having a broken up concrete walkway.

With the advancement of concrete in the last 100 years or so, you don't really see wooden piers.

There's a lot more blocking and tackling that has to be done now.

Often 3 blocks can make 2~3 times difference in the price. 

I set up my daily time blocks on GC and watch the ted line steal my day away for motivation.

I like the idea of STR as it seems like it can generate significantly more income than LTR and would allow me to block out dates if I have friends or family come visit.

I like to look at not only the subject property but also as many of the comps, the neighboring properties, the ones behind and in front and on the next block, etc. in order to really understand the exact micro-market as intimately as possible.

Go to the food pantry and pick up blocks of cheese.  

And you still have to demo the concrete slab (I don't think you have basements in TX?)

The rental had ratty furniture, a record player prominently featured in the marketing but it had no speakers, missing basics items in the kitchen, lots of drunks in the concrete hallways that reverberated right into the bedroom at 2am, a strong odor of urine outside, and more.We have super hosts in this forum that have hundreds of 5-star reviews and are masters of the craft, but I look at their rentals and see they don't have any artwork on the walls, decor is basic, they do nothing to make the guest feel welcome, etc.