Its relatively easy to manage the process once you do it a couple times.   

Couple this with the fact that values are appreciating (even in the interior neighborhoods) and it becomes a great opportunity all the way around.  

and planning to attend meetups while there is another great idea.  

This can lower your tax bracket potentially and you earn interest on the income you would have normally paid Uncle Sam.10) At the close of escrow, move funds outside of the taxable estate to avoid the 40% estate tax on amounts over $11M single or $22M married couple.

@Bryce Cutler I will look into it and would love to connect in person if you are attending! 

If rates go down in the future, we likely will have another run up in prices, so it might be worth it to Airbnb while waiting that out for a couple of years. 

However, in the last couple of years, GLVAR modified their PM agreement to include an option for PMs to collect fees while the property is vacant.  

Other than the 1 property I am renting my family's taxes are pretty straight forward with a couple W-2 and no LLC, so when I got the $1,700+ quote for tax preparation it seemed a bit much.

A great way to start is by attending RE events and joining a local investors association.

Interesting as there were a couple of posts a year ago after the widely distributed article in the media essentially calling it a STR crash.