I wanted to make sure it was an unreasonable loss of the huge (to me) cash flow I had gained by working over 3,000 hours a year in the construction sphere.

One of the biggest hurdles when OOS investing is creating a trustworthy team.

Are there any hidden hurdles to be aware of when considering making a career switch in this direction?

The plot of the story is usually about an innocent host being taken advantage of by a dishonest or unreasonable guest. 

Buying a fixer seems unreasonable given I have a day job. 

Are my expectations unreasonable for a GP in a short term rental agreement or are they justified?

Yes the numbers will be for year two . im not sure how to force the calculator to factor my first year being as you stated but again i feel thats just a hurdle im going to have to suck up paying that 1/2 mortgage for the year in order to get the ball rolling with this journey. the 600 a month in maintenance and cap ex is pretty aggressive that's 6% per category . but ill consider that thanks for the heads up Lastly , your probably right about the vacancy rate i just called a prop management company down the street and asked them the vacancy rate of that zip for the bed bath and it came back at 1.7 so i used 2 . again probably right to make that higher.. how high do you think ?

@Estevan BenavidesThe other hurdle you will run into is until the land is entitled you will have trouble financing it.

Honestly I haven’t had that much luck with my Lowe’s credit card which I’ve had for years even though I make a 6 figure income and have asked them to increase the limit several times they still have kept it unreasonably low (under $4,000) which doesn’t get me far owning 25 units now.

It positively influenced all parties, expediting the liquidation for our former client while reducing transactional hurdles.