For our second STR, we are currently researching Sherman, potentially / ideally, a less expensive duplex that we could rennovate and self manage from Dallas with workers coming to the area in mind. 

We are able to save about $100K per year so putting down $85K is possible for us with our current situation. 

We are buying two houses right next to each other.

Quote from @Edgar Duarte: hi allI would love to get some perspective from your expertise, we have a property that we would have to sell in 2025 to avoid paying taxes on the capital gains, we believe we rcan sell it for $700K and get an equity of almost $500K after paying the mortgage balance, if we invest all of it option in index funds at 7% rate (standard com growth calculator), or in more rental properties as we are all here for, I can get the equity of around $900K.option B would be keep paying the house at 2.3% int rate while we have it in AirBnB and maybe sell it in 10 years for $900K, knowing that we would be paying taxes but it is not that bad still. or we can 1031 at that point?

Snow plowing is an emergency service , we are on call 24/7 for the entire winter , the prices you pay cover the salt that we stock , the prep for each storm , the desalting of the trucks , the overtime .

We are gonna need a lot more popcorn. ya I dont know who this guy Goodin is or why Melanie chose to single him out..

- This is great news, because I have never played violin before.And speaking of arguing, we are actually in agreement on the validity of REPS strategy, and I have many clients doing this.

But, as my wife and I have done this over the past 5 years, we have found it moves less and less each time, and that we are essentially living the life we envisioned 5 years ago when we started this process. 

I work in similar facilities and there is a lot of wear and tear on the property.

Cash out your IRA, take a Vegas vacation, and throw it all on black.