They told you the rent amounts, they should tell you whether they have leases or are month to month. 3.

You may be full for three months, then sit vacant on some rooms for three months or more.

Pay attention to your weekly and monthly discounts as well. 

The truly tragic natural disasters in California, North Carolina, Florida and others of the past six months are evidence that no location is truly 'climate safe,' however there are geographical areas that can expect less weather extremes and lower costs of living, developing, insuring and seemingly...surviving. 

I am a buyer - my buy box is 200k ARV, all in $150k after repairs, rents for $2000 per month.

A solid buyer-agent agreement will outline what they charge and their intent to negotiate as much of their fee as possible from the seller.

After the loan is drawndown I need to immediately start making monthly payments for the next 60 months.

My best property has appreciated over $10k/month.  

Since our residents are traveling "light" to a furnished property, their coverage only costs a few bucks per month. 

I agree with everything in this post and if it was a month ago I may have agreed with everything in this post (and I gave it an up vote).