That alone was the biggest improvement for my business practices and allowed me to take all of my bookkeeping in-house and eliminate the expense I was shelling out for a bookkeeper.

What's your biggest time management challenge?

The biggest factor will be how long you plan to own the property or when you think you may refinance.

What a small world—Arnhem is such a beautiful city.

As you may be aware, the City of Asheville (about 2/3 of Asheville is in city limits; the rest is under county jurisdiction) has had strict STR regulations in place since 2016.

Quote from @Ryan Brown: Your city has noise ordinances.

Your comment does bias me slightly in favor of Indy, since at least we're talking about a manageable car ride.That said, I'd love to know the biggest mistakes you've seen - how do neophytes typically "crash and burn?"

Apparently now those investments are less interesting to city hall. 

If interested in adding another state / city to the list I am happy to connect - but hopefully this is irrelevant and you are already progressing along well with your purchase!!!!  

My biggest advice I have for new landlords self-managing is know the laws and have a beefy lease.