Hello Misael, I would do a thorough market research to verify that you can get the rent increase you want, you might find out that the market is oversaturated with rentals.If you are trying to raise the rent $100/mo, 1 month of vacancy ruins your rent increase for the whole year.I would list the property for lease 45 days before your tenant's lease expires, if you have your property priced right you should get some applicants before your lady moves out.

Not lazy grifters who ask for guidance and direction before they lift a finger to help themselves (which is the norm here, sad to say).

@Andrew Steffens has a good finger on the pulse in that area, so give him a call.Make sure you get the STR insurance quote into the mix when doing your calculations.

I got the blank stare of death from the nice lady at the office who had no idea what I was speaking about.

We started taking the Houston phone book which was huge and by category and just flip pages and put our finger down without looking for a selection. 

Figures Google would stick their fingers in this pie eventually.

Still waiting on the organic leads to come in, fingers crossed that will happen as you said within the next month or two.  

Some ladies like to have this to put on their makeup or do other personal things.

The cash-out refi necessarily means thousands of dollars in additional expenses - likely setting you back further than you went forward in mortgage pay down during the same time period if refinancing in 1-2 years - but hopefully earning more equity in the meantime (fingers crossed).  

Or even more small fry like BP real estate investor that focus on $100/mo cash flow in Akron like that one lady.