As Andrew mentioned, you will have to be very price competitive to get January and February bookings.

I could write a whole book on this topic, but this is what came to mind.3) There are a few factors that I consider when picking the city.

Read my book, Brandon's book, or Every Landlord's Legal Guide by NOLO and learn how to proactively manage your property well. 

ACT when they go to sell, or takes the property under contract without telling the seller he is not the final buyer and then assigning the SubTo property to someone else for a fee. 

The final straw was just last week when tenant randomly attacked my competency in my professional career.

Our book brought out the competition in droves. 

I love that this boiler room clown, Dutch "da loser" Mendenhall, titled his book Money Shackles then used it to put himself on the road to a real set of shackles.

We were paying a bookkeeper $450/month, plus the $90 QB subscription to do our books but I felt like we were still having to tell her how to categorize everything so it just didn't feel like we were getting our money's worth.

I will probably wait until the loan is finalized to do anything to be on the safe side regardless this time.

Then you can read a more in-depth book like The Book On Rental Property Investing by Brandon Turner or The Unofficial Guide to Real Estate Investing by Spencer Strauss.2.