I own a LTR in central Houston that I think would be pretty successful as an STR based on the AirDNA data.

Success comes from consistent action and patience, so keep refining your approach and scaling gradually.Good luck!

With proper tenant screening and systems in place you can absolutely be a successful landlord.

@Alex Fenske - Amazing story, congrats on your success.

With patience and a solid plan, you’ll be on your way to building a successful portfolio.Good luck!

The most successful Real Estate people I've known in the past 40+ years were not the Smartest, not ones with the most money, not the ones with the most connections,BUTThey were the MOST Persistent!

We have never shipped MLS data sheets.Below are some reasons why taking the next step with software, has not been successful for me.There is a lot of inaccurate information in the MLS.

I'm glad you were successful.

After several attempts to try to figure out a solution with our rep with no success we asked to speak with his manager.

I used to cold call, skip trace, send mailers, and don't get me wrong you will get success from it like James above, however as you gain experience you will realize you need deals faster, easier, cheaper, and with more "meat on the bones" and in order to have that you need constant deals flowing through your eco system and that's hard to do with mailers, cold calls, VA's and skip tracing etc.