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And the rental market is pretty stable.

You can always build in a small extra fee for a realtor if its an off market property.

Nearly half of our reservations come with pets and to not allow them would put you at a severe disadvantage in a competitive market.

Since you are new to the market, you can look at what the top rent pulls look like and cater accordingly on the design.You always want to build relationships with contractors, but that takes time and you always need a solid bench, just like in basketball because some days your starting plumber just doesn't show up and you need to bring in the backup.The rates are the rates and they aren't going way down soon so it's just part of a different metric to evaluate in your new market.Good luck!

From the little I know of San Antonio (I am a wholesaler who specializing in selling STRs nationwide) its not a super hot Airbnb market but the amount you expect for rent sounds pretty conservative. 

They determine this based on a % of Fair Market Rent (FMR).

With three colleges in Abilene, I think it is a great market for investors.

I generally look for two things: new homes on the market for sale are they being sold very close to asking price, with short days on markets or not.

For context, downtown Alexandria performs super well as a rental market and bringing in $5.5k+ as the monthly rental income if you choose to move out of the househack in the future will be absolutely feasible (depending on the property of course).