If an existing lease is in place you can't require the tenant to sign your lease until the current lease period ends.

Most real estate earns you money over a longer period of time and people don't want to wait, plus with the current interest rates, you can park the money in a savings account and do pretty good with no headaches.

The basic idea is to pick an "area" of focus that you want to own/dominate by doing consistent marketing over a long period of time.

If you don't have a lot of cash, then you will be looking for cash flow, period.

MTR is great, but there will be long "orphan" periods in between bookings, which leads to lost revenue.My advice, stick to areas that are more STR friendly and blend the rental strategy for maximum income.

Period.  

I've found Lima Capital, but they have a seasoning period behind them.

PERIOD.

Just remember real estate the last five years was an anomaly and it usually takes 5+ years of hold time before you could walk away with profits from a home - which last few years made people think that holding real estate for short periods is profitable - historically it’s not

If yes, is there a wait period before adding the property under trust.3.