Don't take a break when others are taking a break.

To make it easier for you (ie less stressful), you may want to break her rent into two payments (ie 1st and 15th). 

I am getting back into rentals after taking a break after my mom passed away.

I do not think running it like a regular STR will work because just listing on Airbnb/VRBO people may not find you. 

Or will put 30-50% down on a new property to break even with the expectation of higher appreciation... but I’d love to hear what’s working for you!

I guess a lot of Scott's buyers are under water the day they sign a loan, so he must be regularly evicting and reselling some of those houses.

Just have to stomach the higher rates for 2-3 years, break even (ideally cash-flow a tiny bit), and handle the PM during the roller coaster ride our President is putting everyone on.

Also, I believe they own this property out-right, no loans, etc.I'd like to structure a deal where they provide seller's financing with a 2-3 year off-load timeline that gives them a) some cash now via a down payment and b) some regular monthly income all while I work to bring rents to market value and we both benefit on the sale and refi.How would something like that work and what would it look like?

Not worth the cost of the study since it did not accelerate the regular 27.5-year depreciation.By contrast, another investor's $12,000 study on a recently renovated $3.8M office building yielded first-year additional deductions worth over $120,000 in tax benefits - a clear home run.The quality of the engineering team matters tremendously.

Not worth the cost of the study since it did not accelerate the regular 27.5-year depreciation.By contrast, another investor's $12,000 study on a recently renovated $3.8M office building yielded first-year additional deductions worth over $120,000 in tax benefits - a clear home run.The quality of the engineering team matters tremendously.