Inquiries, expedient responses for assistance, repairs, and maintenance, frequent rate/yield analysis, etc. 

Making more income requires a significant amount of time, stress, and energy which would come at the expense of my family.I've also gotten to the point where it's harder to delay gratification--it's not a skill my wife is great at (so delaying gratification frequently means I go without, and she doesn't) and spending $2000 to go see nephews and nieces is much more important than having an extra 5 shares of google or MSFT. 

b) That all my records are available online, and emailed to me monthly.c) Frequent inspections.d) A preformatted Schedule-E helper report which gives me everything that my CPA needs to file my taxes. 

I talk about this on the BP podcast I did and frequently on BP. 

It was forty minutes from my house, next to the beautiful Golden Gate State Park, fifteen minutes to the casinos of Black Hawk, fifteen minutes to the quirky town of Nederland and twenty minutes to skiing.

I looked at GPS tracking, but they need batteries changed frequently, and a monthly fee to be paid like a cell phone bill, any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

Im certainly not an expert in the Smokies other than a semi frequent guest - but if you have the cash I would think anything north of 10% is a good way to go. 

Syndications and passive investing are frequent topics of discussion in the forums.

These rules made it very challenging–-and frequently impossible–-for investors and others to operate non-owner occupied STR properties legally in Austin.

I normally tell my investor/house-hacking clients here in Colorado Springs and Denver to buy as soon and as frequently as they can.