I’m working with local investors who are snapping up everything they can get their hands on, and honestly, I can’t blame them.

If you want to be vary hands on in the process find an agent that will guide you every step.

@Rebecca Knox - Do you find the deals yourself and then hand it off to your PM?

I actually had come across your post below in the Events forum and thought to myself it would have been nice to attend that to see first hand a local flip and talk shop about the process.https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/521/topics/1215682-chec...I am happy to hear that someone with your experience in the region feels that Westchester is a market with some potential.

Hopefully we will be managing a handful of other STRs in the same market in the future.

I was to start assembling a team together and am looking for any recommendations of contractors that will offer a little bit more hand-holding, as I am still fairly new to this process. 

The glacier bay elongated low flow toilets at home depot are hands down the best.

On the other hand, I’m hesitant to simply pay down more of a property, as we don’t need the immediate cash flow.Fortunately, both my wife’s job and mine are recession-proof, which allows us to be a bit more aggressive with our investments.I’d really appreciate advice from investors who have experience with frequent moves or military service.

You can wargame scenarios to decide what you think is best.On the other hand, that is a pretty sizeable rehab budget. 

This includes cap ex, repairs (will a renter leave the property in the same condition you hand it off in?