Remember your first bike ride without training wheels? 

If you pick a martlet a three hour plane ride away it will be hard for you to learn that market well enough to make a decision. 

Let her ride out this current booking and then if she wants to extend or stay again, decline it and raise your rates a ton.

I don't think the complexity of what  I need to analyze really requires that level of horse-power. 

@Trace Adams so IMO you have the cart before the horse.

It's not all rainbows & unicorns, but the city has turned the corner on recovery and those that get in now, in the right areas, should ride a solid recovery wave to wealth.Now that we've covered that, read our standard copy & paste advice about rental investing below:)Recommend you first figure out the property Class you want to invest in, THEN figure out the corresponding location to invest in.If you apply Class A assumptions to a Class B or C purchase, your expectations won’t be met and it may be a financial disaster.So, when investing in areas they don’t really know, investors should research the different property Class submarkets.

@Carlos Lopes- thanks  - your points about accelarting the loan  payoff are  accurate ....the main downside to this is that whatever funds you are using  towards the  extra  paydown - wont be able to  work for you in some other  way .... if the  property is treading water  with the min payment being made - let it ride  and the loan will pay down on its own ....and then use your  extra  funds for  other  purposes 

It's simple, can see what's coming in to account to confirm paystub, but also get to see if there riding $0 regularly, or saving.

Someone is taking you for a ride.

Doing some research in 2-3 states and wondering what are the best areas in your state to look at properties for purchase that would encompass most of these:-Ability to get a few acres (don't need 100, but say 3-5)-Home that can come with land suitable for small hobby farm/homesteading type stuff (couple of horses, maybe small garden, etc.)