I personally found I’m good at it if it’s a simple job, normal easy walls, but hire out if its 2-story height, painting cabinetry, wood windows etc as they are a all a big pain.

well in the brainy dose world the door to your home when you pillbox shut to the joi ING if the door and frame it is normal that you should be able to walk away and that door not open again until it is turned by know releasing it from frame with a slight push open rt?

Hobby landlords will generally be reluctant (embarrassed) to raise rent and will normally keep rent below market with the false belief that it retains tenants saving turn over costs.

What you've described is actually quite normal when first launching a STR.

In my area, they normally pay at the last minute, even the morning of the sale.Never seen a nice house with a big mortgage actually go thru with tax sale.Could happen.Who is the lender?

The internet is just full of noise and you can normally tell who is behind the product when someone talks about it. 

Normally there is no issue, because liars and scammers have trouble keeping bank accounts open. 

Your concern is a good one, buying in this market at high rates = high payments and you may not cashflow if you were to repeat the process.However, 2 considerations. (1) By not doing it you don't have 800-1000 in your pocket, so although the payment on the new place might be higher than in a normal market you've got extra funds to cover it.(2) Your new rate is not forever, perhaps in this high rate market, it's as you say, best case you're breaking even if you repeat this process.

Tied to this is the fact that it is very hard for us to make informed decisions about making purchases in markets we are unfamiliar with, given the normal ebb and flow of real estate activity.That said, I am not raising this primarily to criticize these companies, but rather to focus on the practical effect of what they leave out.

Normally this is where we hit a wall.