I found that the tenant has turned the property into a small farm. multiple pens set up with at least one pig, 4 or 5 goats, more chickens and ducks than you can count.

There you go. At

Doing the math, if a seasoned fix and flipper had a well-oiled efficient process and was able to consistently hit $50k per house (after costs and overhead required to go at that pace), he/she would have to do 34 flips in 21 months to make what we made on one deal.

because lord forbid ya go a week without the $300mnth Goat Yoga membership, or the daily $10 non-fat triple soy late caramel twist double shot stirred not shaken starbucks....

Great advice above from the GOATs of the MTR forums.I would add that you should also try to get on the lists of corporate housing and temporary housing for insurance companies.

I am an experienced LTR investor but this is my first go at STR. 

If everything is still a go at that point, spend time on the compliance to make sure there are no deal killers.

In many markets rents will remain high, in some rents will go at the rate of wage increases.6.)

New investors can go at there own pace, build relationships, and get better deals on materials and labor. 

@Symone Gordon I certainly wouldn't take offense to being called the GOAT...but I'm not where near that.