Take some money and invest in traveling to places in the U.S. and international markets that interest you.

You can also take a car ride and travel to Dallas, Houston or Austin.I think NYC is a good city if you want to work and make a lot of money. 

If long-term rentals don’t cash flow, short-term or mid-term rentals (Airbnb, traveling nurses, corporate stays) might work better.

We provide a proxy service for foreign buyers, basically your arm in Japan without having to travel or know the language.

For one you can't limit usage.

I travel for REI, businesses, my own business, and other interests related to work on average 2 days a month.I drop off my kids to school and then later pick them up with my wife after going to the gym every weekday during the school year together.

We certainly haven't ruled out investing in Wisconsin, but we have friends and family that live in both CLE and CBUS, so we travel to those markets fairly often.

I have been thinking about landlordlocks, not used yetmain advantage is I can have one master key to open all doors, tenants can not make duplicate keys themselves, I will need to travel to change code of lockbox once it is used.2.

There's quite a bit of threads on the same topic weekly - you'll find plenty of markets shared.What will help you figure what market to invest in will be answering a few questions for yourself: are you willing to travel to that market, what is your buy box, are you seeking appreciation or cash flow more, do you have or reasonably can garner an edge in that market (ie - can you build a great team).

You should get more nights in the smaller property that can still easily accommodate a family traveling, but is still inexpensive enough to make sense to solo travelers.Cleaning fee impact: Don't you collect this back from your guests?