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Those concerns are totally valid.

Extremely helpful and constructive post. 

Yup half of these ideas are OLD NEWS  I never equate Texas and low tax's LOL also my concern with build to rent subdivisions is not the rent or the first 3 to 5 years but the exit in 7 to 10 years which is average hold time for investors.. 

However, a lot of concerns can be mitigated with looking at their past rental behavior in a lot of different settings.

Condos are cheaper than houses, and to my mind, a vacationer wouldn't care much about staying in a bigger place for their short stay, and would be more concerned with a good location and a nice view.Thoughts?

I guess my biggest concern being new is what angle/s can I use to convince a  potential client who doesn't  know me to use me.  

Sounds like it could be a decent LTR situation, but you answered my concern on if a STR would really stay booked enough to justify a purchase.

It could certainly be a concern - but depends on a lot of factors - are you looking multi or SFR? 

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