All have performed well and rent easily.

If the software is not simplifying your life or making you more accurate, you shouldn't use it.Software does have extremely helpful features like online payments, marketing syndication (click a button, and your property is advertised on multiple sites), electronic document review/signing, maintenance tracking, and owner reports.

That just puts too much pressure on a property to perform and adds a bit more risk than necessary. 

Here's a link https://www.oregon.gov/ODA/shared/Documents/Publications/FoodSafety/ServiceAnimalsposter.pdf The BS factor is off the charts with some clients...Then it gets tricky because you are only allowed to ask certain questions as to whether the dog has been trained to perform a specific task etc.

Hey y'all, I have approached a point where I have built up more confidence in performing my first house flip in the Charlotte metro region.

On the flip side, saving for another property could delay financial stability if unexpected costs arise.A Balanced ApproachIf you’re still torn, consider a hybrid strategy:-Focus on maximizing your current STR’s performance.

Some states will give the underlying land while others will give the land but expect the newer owner to compensate the old while still others would require the owner to compensate the person who performed the value add.

If this fails, then perform a land trust strategy.

@Chris Kay finding a quality, cost-effective contractor is extremely difficult:(There are thousands of contractors that are great talkers, but rarely perform within budget.Standard bait & switch is to lowball a bid, then once they get started all sorts of things "pop up" that somehow their bid didn't cover.

What I said in an earlier comment about "section 179 can't be used to create a business loss", that wasn't entirely accurate/complete.