Leverage is one of the most powerful parts of real estate investing.Consider this: If you have a loan to value ratio of 75%, the 25% that is your money is earning appreciation at 4x the rate your money would if you had no mortgage.

Quote from @Dan Powers: Realized I'm late to the party here so maybe I can help @Jenna Hall in her decision.

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That's why I don't use any OTA other than Airbnb, nor any cleaning app other than Turno, and nor any PMS other than Guesty or Hostaway! 

A short term rental requires quite a bit more effort than a long term rental including quick response to all guest communications, managing cleanings after every stay, keeping on top of maintenance (emergency and deferred), marketing the property on all major OTA sites (i.e.

I really like how simple and clean the invoice formatting is.It's really not a big deal for us to keep the books outside of the PM software. 

Probably short term rentals have a separate form because of the lodging taxes.Your attorney or anyone else can sign if they have a power of attorney, but the instrument has to recite WHO the principal is.

I wouldn't be so broad with your criteria. if I was looking in Texas it would be Dallas, Houston, Austin. top 3 markets. in florida we do miami, in ohio we do columbus. those are the #1 net migration cities and we focus in the urban core where migrations tend to be for younger population who have the purchasing power to rent or buy. 

Thanks,Chris They don't have any purchasing power why not sell to a firm who is well capitalized and has a lot of purchasing power?

House already has smart lock, clean...