You can live in one UNIT or ROOM and renting out the other vacant units/rooms to offset your monthly mortgage payment.There are several ways to run and make sure you are maximizing your rental income while keeping your living expense as low as possible.

Below you can find a quick FAQ sheet of the updates they have implemented and will be implementing soon.Quick Overview: - The cost of application fees has increased- Platforms will remove listings without legitimate permit numbers- Platforms will have to remit the Hotel taxes directly to the city of San Antonio (Operators still have to file revenue reports monthly)- STR operators can change the operator of the permit without a new application being required (it seems the permits are still non-transferable upon sale, however)- Updated Party Prevention measuresMy Take:This should weed out some hosts that have not been abiding by the permit requirements.

Do you believe active investments have no risk, and pay an exact return each month?

After going back and forth, taking the property off and on the market, bobbing and weaving on the price, waiting a couple of months to see any real action come in, I landed a client that was interested in the house.

With similar 3 bed rental bringing in between 1850-2000/month and a refinance value around 250k this is one of the cheapest things in the pocket that is this clean.

If not does anyone want to start a monthly or bi monthly meeting with me?

See what they're charging for weeknights versus weekends, what their cleaning fees are, and how booked up their calendars are for these summer months. 

I'm trying to decide if I should require all tenants to provide a deposit equal to one month lot rent.

I do see these on the MLS from time to time, where you'll have 4-6 bedroom property getting like $2,500 a month or something crazy because it's some type of boarding or rehabilitation home. 

For example, you might pay them $2k now for the right to buy the property no sooner than 12 months from now and no later than 24 months from now for $100k.