You will find resources here from blogs to pod casts and forums.

Taxes and cleaning are direct pass thru expenses to your guests.Have a plan for when something doesn't work (furnace, guests can't get into property, water in basement, etc).Keep us posted, it would be great for you to start a blog or diary here on BP for us to follow your progress!  

You will find resources here from blogs to pod casts and forums.

@Robert KleinBP is full of useful resources such as forums and blogs.

With some of the horror stories I read on the forums (and I am actually working on a horror story post for the blog, so I am in bad-tenant mode) I was hoping for the best but expecting the worst.Thank you for keeping us updated. 

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This blog post is a good summary...https://www.biggerpockets.com/blogs/7595/53705-thi...So if you can get 2-3 times the income from the same amount of money, then it doesn't really matter if it grows as fast.

Money Mustache blog articles, but here are a few good ones that seem relevant to this discussion: Also, the new Set For Life book does a fantastic job at explaining the need for tight budgeting at the beginning phases of REI, as well as the mindset that goes along with it. http://www.mrmoneymustache.com/2014/11/23/not-extr...http://www.mrmoneymustache.com/2016/06/08/happines...http://www.mrmoneymustache.com/2012/03/29/killing-...

We don’t know any PMCs to recommend in the area mentioned, but since selecting the wrong PMC is usually more harmful than selecting a bad tenant, you might want to read our series about “How to Screen a PMC Better than a Tenant”:https://www.biggerpockets.com/member-blogs/3094/91877-how-to-screen-a-pmc-better-than-a-tenant-part-1-services-and-processesWe recommend you get management contracts from several PMCs and compare the services they cover and, more importantly, what they each DO NOT cover.

Where you were not selling a book, blog, CD, video, your time, taking a commission/fee, etc, etc?