Understand the fees involved and calculate the total cost for an entire year of management so you can compare the different managers.

There will be multiple markets you can achieve a 7.5% cap rate especially if you're buying with cash.

New-home sales hit a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 698,000.

We then lease the property on a 3-year lease with the option to buy and the tenant buyer gives us a $4000 option fee to buy the property for $260,000 within the next 3 years.

Market Fluctuations – What if appreciation stalls, or rates rise, impacting your refi strategy?

Is it high appreciation area with a low rate mortgage?

There is a perfect recipe brewing where inventory is at an all time low, with interest rates significantly higher than we're use to, capitalized by the insane economic struggles that are going on in our every day lives.... 

They work well in areas with steady rental demand like suburban neighborhoods or cities with strong job markets​​.Considerations: Your property management needs will be lower, but rents may rise more slowly over time compared to short-term options.Short-Term Rentals: High Risk, High RewardAdvantages: Short-term rentals can generate significantly higher nightly rates, especially in vacation destinations.

The small daily fee you will pay for social posts of your airbnb (doesn't have to be direct booking site) will pay off in one booking.

That is part of the problem with a lot of companies (I am not knocking insula as dont have all the info/facts just stating how the business works), they engage brokers to get them loans and the brokers collect a small fee. unfortunately many of the brokers may be similar to real estate wholesalers - have little to no experience.