This phenomenon not only poses significant risks to property owners and managers but also threatens the integrity of rental transactions.

Or buy a 5bed/3bath house, live in the primary suite and rent the other spaces out.

I 100% agree on self managing.

This is why is is extremely important that you use local resources who own STR's in the area or manage them at a bare minimum.

If you don't/won't have WiFi then you should either consider a SimpliSafe system that you can move around from house to house, or some type of Trail cameras like hunters use for identifying game areas.

If not I would explore house hacking.

We manage a bunch of ADU’s and higher density new builds for investors in Raleigh and Durham.

Purchase price: $232,000 Cash invested: $200,000 Sale price: $575,000 I purchased this single-family property and undertook extensive renovations, including excavating a new foundation and reframing the entire two-story house.

No one is screaming about housing shortages in East St.

Tenant chose to stay in house during repairs citing Renters insurance declined coverage.