This is the way to do it, and any investor looking to purchase in the Lubbock market (or any TX market right now) needs to do the same and focus on the numbers rather than hoping things will work out.

At some point I want to build a 5000sf metal building to work out of instead of renting.

Whatever emotional driver is the best and most intense fit, you should work into your headline.So, to recap, your headline is built from two pieces: the most popular search keyword for your offer + the most fitting and powerful emotional driver leading people to purchase your offer.Then, the content of the ad should be written as a demonstration of how your unit fulfills that driver.

I always tell my friends I need to be in the short term lending bizz so I can afford to be a builder you know how captial intense it is getting these projects off the ground..

Which ever home you choose as the main home it will be a tax deduction so it should work out in the long run.Another thing to consider is having two primary homes does not offer a great Schedule E option where you can have the bigger tax shelter. 

If you don't have the vision to have MANY airbnbs in Champaign I'd suggest figuring out a strategy you have a long term big vision.Pros:  High cash flow (if done right), typically properties are oddly better-taken care of, sexyCons:  Management/system intensive, always on call, regulation can change things instantly  

Hey @Michelle Berge, it didn’t work out with CURB realty.

So if this does not work out for you, maybe finding something with a little less work and little less risk might be good to get your foot in..

If any issues were to come up, you can easily call a vendor you trust to remedy the solution.Short term rentals are obviously more time intensive but even then they can be easy to manage.

Having  leased my properties all three ways my experience has been that MTR are less labor, time and management intensive than STR but more labor, time and management intensive than LTR.