In rare instances we will let someone pay through Square or Stripe, with them paying the cc fee, but only in unusual cases, such as one time with a tenant who was traveling and didn't have a bank account to use with our online platform.

Plans to were announced last month to invest $2B into the cities airport in anticipation of the population/business travel growth. 

Additionally, Chase Ink Business Preferred offers competitive travel rewards and may pair well with their banking services.Bundled Solutions: If keeping everything under one roof is critical, you might explore Silicon Valley Bank or First Republic Bank, depending on your location.

For example I sold 2 properties in the same town that was more than 30 minutes away, just because of the travel time to get there and return. 

I am just going chime in here since most of the things are said by other BP members.Telling you not to fly/travel there so you can use the money for a downpayment.

It could be worth transitioning to a midterm rental if there's demand for that type of housing in your area, like traveling professionals or remote workers.

We don’t do overseas rental units but recently have traveled in those countries and my brother bought in Italy and my son is based in Sicily.  

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?

@James HamlingHappen to be doing a lot of travel in Europe the last 3 years.  

If I may, let me offer some tactical advice and then some unsolicited general advice.Tactical advice: marketing to traveling oil industry workers probably isn't radically different than what you have been doing to get your rooms filled with students.