The downside of selling will also be that our expenses will go up by buying a new home as well, and we aren't very high income earners (we both make a little over $100k/year combined)We also own a few small rental properties in smaller towns nearby in TX, so the rental game isn't new to us!

The increasing of the minimum wage from $16 to $20 per hour.2).

All this said, 99% STRs are not hotels (who has 4 to 8 cleaners on minimum wage for 85 rooms and can bake the cost in) and are not aimed at hotel clientele. 

But start to get out of the SAD (sad american investment diet).Real Estate Investments: Cash flow and appreciation aside for you as a high income earner over 400K AGI its going to be more about saving taxes.

And due to the increase in the cost of purchasing food at the grocery store which has been pushed up in price, and also the must have purchase of gasoline to get to your wage slave W2 job which has also gone up so much since they stopped handing out money to people.

Unfortunately, charging by the hour would just create another problem - owners thinking they should only pay a PMC minimum wage rates, "because it's so easy to do".Owners don't want to recognize that property managers have invested years in learning what they do - just like owners have in their careers!

Once you start using your card for all your spending habits, all mortgages, all utilities, all expenses, groceries, travel, paying your taxes via card etc, it can quickly add up to tens of thousands of tax free dollars per year.8% cashback is pretty insane for high earners.

For newer investors, they seem to be very high income earners (tech workers, physicians) or have lots of capital but it's tougher to buy here without a lot of money. 

I realize smaller conventional loans are available but I am not a W-2 wage earner, I do however have great credit and money available for a down.

They aren't tax savvy and neither are high income earners (both very low income/retired) and won't really entertain any savings strategies.