Quote from @Zeona McIntyre: Hey @Blake Winiecki I imagine you live in Florida but I would reconsider investing the area for one main reason - climate change.

There was even one exceptionally kind Bigger Pockets member that seemed to know a lot about health and physical activity that we even chatted on the phone afterwards and he gave me some good pointers.  

When I return to the country after my Au Pair contract ends, I hope to live in the property as my primary residence and house-hack as well.I understand that investing remotely makes things more challenging, but I am also ready to be uncomfortable and challenge myself in this journey as I know it is 100% possible.

Full security deposit for a three month MTR is causing me to lose business and I need an alternative! 

You may need to replace insulation, sheetrock, or even framing material.The only way I would touch it is to have a contractor give me an estimate for renovation, then lower the price far enough to handle that renovation.

and demand....yet today was a first for me.

Please let me know if there is anything I can help you with.Hey Don, I have some questions about investing around East Idaho.

Hello, I have been speaking with an investor who would like to partner with me on some future real estate investments.

Which means to me that Zillow is cracking down on people hunting for arbitrage on its platform.Consider that, and other potential barriers, when assessing your marketing tools.

I contribute that much monthly any way as my side business helps to get me where I want when I retire.