This can range from the quality and quantity of the remodel (some focus on redoing almost everything versus doing just what is necessary), approach to tenant issues and on- going maintenance.

Get professional photos and make sure you have at least 20 or more images as good photos and a good quantity of them will increase your chances of booking 6x.4.

It may take me a month, full time, to find a "deal" in the current market that was available in quantity on MLS in the last downturn, and the 2002-2003 downturn, and the one (early 1990s) before that.

I have been using Airbnb for years and many of the previous comments are so valid:It definitely supported my Interior Design background and allows the opportunity to make enough to cover the mortgage and bills in a far shorter period of time and, unlike long term renters, they are not going to drill a ridiculous quantity of holes in the walls or decide to paint but they can still do a number on your place...especially if you choose to be an absent host.

I am a wholesaler in Michigan who primarily works on getting deals in Oakland County (the richest County in Michigan).  I have noticed a scarcity of Cash Buyers in my Market.  A lot of the Facebook groups that I'm in,...

A great source to find property owners by area (and by quantity owned) is to use the online source: findcashbuyersnow.comThere is a subscription fee but Kent Clothier is known very well known in the industry and this tool has been well vetted by providers across the country.

@William HarmonI don’t think your first rental property should be done in your Ira.

@Kristi Harmon I would just get a basic contract that has basic terms of your deal in it.inspection timeclosing datecontingenciesbasic info of the propertyetc.....If you PM I can email you the one I use to close over 2000 transactions. 

. #2 The quantity of other rental properties currently available.

Quantity helps you make it.