You will do better door knocking when you feel comfortable, and when you feel comfortable the people in front of you will feel more comfortable and they can tell (but we should also not feel like you are dressing for your living room either), and so dress how you would want to dress, in a way that is clean, professional, but more casual in clothes that fit well and are not uncomfortable to tight or too big--  otherwise you will feel it as soon as you knock on the door.  

I have some properties in mind that I think would work well (both short and long-term) but I don't have money for down payments.

Lori well there ya go I just lost a good buyer..

- At what point for return on equity, do you feel like you are not leveraging the equity well enough?

A well written management contract should clearly spell out what is expected of both the PMC and the owner, to PROTECT both and avoid misunderstandings.

I was contacted to help manage a STR in my market which is Midwest WI as I already own and manage 3 of my own STRs and am doing well with them.

I sent you a private message on here as well with more details, I would love to get you in contact with the right people.

I'd love to own some land here in Middle Tennessee as well.

I assume I need to register my property as a short term rental in Texas as well as my city?

Hello Paul,I think you need to look into the world of DSCR Rental loans, most of these loans are set up on 30 Fixed rates, you can also do hybrid Interest only loans as well.