My GUESS is these homeowners have been tricked/screwed in to signing a long term power purchase agreement, often with no buy out provision.

This is a common 'trick" we use in flipping.

Would love to connect and be a resource to you anyway that I can - I'm a realtor, and investor in the area and have some tips & tricks you can implement into your business and see if it helps! 

My questions: - Looking to understand pain points of operating in Indio that you wished you had known - Besides the music festival in April, is there frequent tourism ensuring you are making the annual CoC ? 

If not, buy an ozone machine and that'll do the trick. 

To have a chance at success it is critical to have a team that knows the city very well and that includes both your realtor and your property manager.The areas that look like you're getting good cash flow for an inexpensive property are often D-class neighborhoods where you'll have to deal with frequent turnover and difficult tenants.I'm not saying you cannot be successful owning rentals in Baltimore City.

You will probably want to engage an engineer to provide an engineered plan for the lots and attorney who frequently presents variance cases.

Hi Lina from Texas-Congratulations on your interest in investing in mid-term rentals and you are wondering how and where to get started.I get this question frequently from investors.Sometimes and investor is looking to keep their property cashflow positive as insurance and taxes have squeezed cashflow by turning units into mid-term or short-term rentals.First off, ideally, the property will cashflow as a long-term rental should something disrupt the mid-term rental model.You will also want to have the property be near where there would be a demand for mid-term rentals (hospitals, universities, research centers).Monthly rents for mid-term rentals are about 20% (+/-) higher than unfurnished similar long-term rentals.There are property managers that will manage mid-term rentals for you and I always advise my clients to use property managers to keep their investment as passive as possible and for compliance issues related to Fair Housing Laws and local regulations.To Your Success!

The trick is just not forgetting something.Hope this helps!

We pulled every trick in the book, and the odor remains.Another issue is that when tenants violate one rule, they tend to violate more.