I would, only if I heavily discounted for maintenance and repair of said pool.

They have been advertising heavily in my market.

The more rural counties have less diverse economies and rely heavily on tourism so the beach areas can be taxed heavily.

This is going to be heavily dependent on age of property, geographic region, usage... are you looking in STL or somewhere else?

As someone who has managed rental homes for many years I would recommend you opt for a 1 year lease and screen heavily on the front end (if you don't know how to screen with credit, criminal, etc use a free site for landlords like worryfreetenant.com ) You will also need to contact current landlord, verify income etc. 

I've seen quite a few agents heavily leveraging things like this, especially in localized markets where they can build consumer rapport in volume.

I would also start buying up more flex space which will be heavily discounted in the short term but immensely valuable in the long run. currently own 90,000 square feet of flex in the NYC area and it has been my best investment.

Whether or not the househack deals in those boroughs will lower your current cost of living will depend heavily on your down payment and # of units.Just going off of what you posted here, you'd likely need a 2-family with ADU or a 3-family under $1M in order to lower your current living expenses.

Any advice, recommendations to choose the best bank in dallas for out of state real estate investors will be much appreciated.KEY REQURIEMENTS:1. my prop mgr will be making deposits. but i dont want the prop mgr to have full access to my account. a way to enable deposits and make available only a small incidentals fund for prop mgr to run the property.2. will be relying heavily on electronic banking support3. should be able to pay all utilities electronically as much as possible.

I lived in Manteca for 20 years and work heavily in that area as a mortgage banker.