Wife is retiring as a school teacher in May so we are looking for a few rentals to have projects to work on and make some income. 

@Brandon TurnerYou and David are great teachers.

As a new investor (I'm a high school teacher with two boys) I'm looking for advice/help on investing out of state on my first BRRRR; however, as the title suggests instead of a traditional long term rental I'm wanting to utilize it as a short term rental on platforms like Airbnb and VRBO.

I am that type of student who reads the chapter before the lesson the next day, so I can follow the teacher as to learn more.

And 2) I pulled the trigger and upgraded to the annual Pro account here on BiggerPockets (but not without putting in the promo code that got me a 20% discount and a bunch of bonuses :-)  )For those of you who might be in the first category (that ain't no success story) I will quote to you a saying from a linguistics teacher of mine who was a real stickler for being grammatically correct (no saying ain't, or "got no..." etc). 

That sounds like fun - I have been in the real estate business now for 48 years as an investor, auctioneer and teacher.

Maybe you want us to trust your figures, but (no offense), you've never done this before so the odds are you're forgetting something and we don't know what it is because like your math teacher always said, "How do I know what you did if you don't show your work?" 

He knows his stuff and he's a hell of a teacher. 

@Trevor Richardson- I appreciate your perspective, but I think the proposed 20% increase in teacher salaries for the Washoe County School District is will have a larger impact on housing than the Tesla project. 

I'm a teacher and I purchased my first duplex over the summer.