Far too many get stuck in the "paralysis by analysis" stage, thinking they just don't know enough to get started.

It is typically caused by excess humidity (showering or cooking) and can be resolved by teaching the tenant to use ventilation fans and airing out the home once a week for 10-15 minutes.

If you go RBTR, here are a few key criteria I've seen to assure comfort of living and lower vacancy / turnover:- at least 400sqft per tenant and no more than 2 tenants to 1 full bath -excess parking where folks aren't blocking each other in and you're not getting complaints from your neighbors about overtaking the street parking.

I'm at a stage in life where my time needs to be allocated most to my career as a physician, to my family, my church, and my other commitments, duties, and hobbies.

In the 70s, Cancun was a coconut plantation and there was close to nothing in the Riviera Maya. 40 years later, the Riviera Maya is one of the most visited places in the world, with an excess of 25 million people landing at Cancun airport every year.

Other areas just do not provide the returns from what I have seen - prices too high and roi to low - want to be able to parlay returns  (still have a slow and steady mindset but maximizing cash flow is priority to me for early stage of investing).      

In fact, I have found that an inexperienced or unknowledgeable or untalented broker is a detriment while the “best” broker in a given arena provides value far in excess of their fee.     

I am in the begining stages of producing a conce0t drawing for the rental property.

There are also still a lot of projects in the talks stage, for example some people whispering that DFW will become the electric car capital of the world. 

Several times now, fraudsters have taken our property listed for sale including all the staged photos and posted as a rental.