Hello and thank you for this reply - yes, I have been analyzing a few properties - I have found that the main issue for both the traditional long term rental and also short term rental in this area is reliable property management - it is traditionally a cottage country tourist area, but it is becoming more popular for long term residency, and there is an emerging missing middle, because of property prices.

The most popular strategy is to househack if you're able to just trying to learn and understand the market then people usually will upgrade to large multis and fix and flip.

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Groveland and Oakhurst are popular spots due to their proximity to the park, so they can provide steady bookings, especially during peak seasons.

Does anyone have any recommendations for a CPA experienced in real estate investing in the Austin/Round Rock area? 

Is this a popularity contest to you all?

I personally work with a ton of east and west coast investors, they love to buy here because of the huge growth in the last 3-5 years, with major companies like Intel, Amazon, and Google investing heavily.Turnkey properties are popular in Old North, Merion Village, Southern Orchards, Old Towne East, Driving Park, North Linden, North Hilltop, Franklinton, Reynoldsburg, and Hungarian Village.For BRRRR and Fix & Flip, consider Eastmoor, Hilltop, Whitehall, and Linden.

Then quick side trip to Rock of Gibraltar.   

It has so much traffic and popularity just 2 hours of being placed on Zillow.

It only stands to reason that more and more investors jumped into the STR pool in the most popular tourist destination in the world - vacation rentals near Disney and Universal theme parks.