Mark Futalan There’s several options out there from Schlage locks which can be paired with the Lowe’s Smart Hub solution Iris, it’s cost effective and can be paired with an entire smart home solution.

Reasons are - relatively stable economy and job growth, several Universities (Missouri State, Drury University, Ozarks Technical College, Evangel, etc.) in the local area and a major hub for surrounding suburbs/towns such as Ozark, Nixa, Republic, etc.If you favor cap rates, it is easy to hit low to mid double-digits on properties that seldom top $100K (yeah, BIG difference from Irvine/SoCal in general!!).  

As a beginner I hope that my blog accelerates my credibility here in the Bay.Josh - For curiosity's sake do you keep a separate online persona/hub outside of BP?

Properties are more expensive, but I think in the long run, the revival of the Sparrows Point area as a hub for jobs will bode well for investments in the eastern Baltimore County housing stock.

For this it comes down to using smart hubs.

Pistols on hip, Porn DVDs, nude oil paintings, diesel fuel in old beer cans...haha...as long as the strategy is working for him.  

I have it attached to a Samsung Smart Things hub via ZWAVE.

@Derek Hobart use a 1) channel manager for guest messaging (Your Porter, IGMS, Smartbnb, OwnerRez to name a few), 2) dynamic pricing tool (Pricelabs or Beyond Pricing), 3) digital guest guide where you can embed short instructional videos (Hostfully), 4) WiFi lock (Schlage Smart Connect w/Smart Things Hun or Schlage Encode no hub needed), camera (Ring Cam) and thermostat (Honeywell).

Not crazy expensive and no hub. 

Anywhere I can create a standard, I will.Also, as I scaled, I created a "hub" (Storage unit) where I keep all my supplies.