With a dozen properties over 25 years I have yet to spend a dollar on a roof or painting a house exterior.

What some of my clients have done in the past is look for more creative rental avenues to be able to charge a premium on rent such as the traveling nursing niche like furnished finder. 

Everything looks great....one little thing, in your description of 'EXTERIOR', you have a lot of interior stuff listed.

I’m not from the US and currently live in Europe most of the time.I’ve found some apartments that could work well for my needs—I plan to rent them out on Airbnb and reserve a few nights for myself when I travel there for work.My question is: apart from the purchase price (I’ve seen listings on Zillow averaging around $150k in areas like downtown Dallas, Old East, and Plano), what other costs should I expect—both during the acquisition and in monthly payments?

I have been travelling.

I may also take a gap year and travel.

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I've been our traveling these past few days.

We purchased an RV last year under our personal names that is primarily used for business travel.

You will need to find someone who would rather go back to Costa Rica again and again, like having a second home there, rather than traveling to different parts of the world.