I.e. if you pay $1,500 in rent right now, when you are living your own property, you are in a better position as long as you are spending less than $1,500/mo all said and done, so even if you are out of pocket $800/mo, you have better cash flow and building equity than just continuing to rent.All that being said, in many markets, most deals are not cash flowing unless you put a significant amount of money down on the loan.  

I’ve purchased at least 20+ in the last 12 months and I’ve bought 3 myself.

That will go a long way to answering some questions.Check out - https://www.awning.com/airbnb-estimatorThat tool is similar to AirDNA for basic lookback on the area as far as occupancy and revenue goes.

As long as the new house meets all of the town's zoning requirements, he said that we could indeed build a second house on the lot and it would be treated essentially as a condo.

I now currently own 6 Vacation rentals across 3 states, 1 long term rental, and manage other Vacation Rentals through my business, Lubbock Complete Bnb.

We have been through several hundred guest in the last few years and not had more than a few hundred dollars damage at most the whole time, so our guest have been really great.

I’m thinking this duplex has air b&b potential since it’s pretty close to the chiefs stadium otherwise it would be a long term rental any ideas would be awesome!!!

You should be able to recover those charges from your last tenant's security deposit.

This is because many fill last minute rentals in downtimes with private rentals or through FaceBook groups, etc, which aren't showing up in the reports. 

I have many long term renters that have been in the homes paying on time, so my question has to do with increasing rents for existing good long term renters.I don't want to lose good renters.