So the diversity between soldiers in the biggest military base , austin employees , v.a retirees and bell county’s employees (appx 400,000 people ) is a great variety of potential tenantson a 2k monthly salary - an austin employer can’t be approved on a 2br /3br in austin.Rents in killeen now can realisticly be $650 on a 2br or 700-750 on a 3br with very low vacancies.

Acquired my first investment property this year, and need recommendation for CPA in Flower Mound, Highland Village, Denton, TX area.  

I'm not sure two days will do it, but after many conversations with a variety of people in a variety of real estate-related (and perhaps even other) fields, then maybe a couple days of uninterrupted driving and note-taking might be sufficient, along with developing a thorough understanding of pricing, rehabs, and rents in the areas you're looking at.A cautionary tale: My wife and I bought a property 12/20/23 that my agent said would rent for $1100/month.

Covid left us all with thousands in credit card debt and a living situation that neither of us want to be in.In my life experiences, I've come to dreams and aspirations that aren't of the typical variety.

I like to control the refunds, not someone offshored with no prior knowledge of my business, etc.Also there have been horror stories about people being taken off of Airbnb for a variety of reasons. 

I’d personally recommend buying a property close enough to a town with some stores, restaurants, and services so you will attract a wider variety of tourists to support your vacation rental.

We have a variety of experience in the room.People with experience are welcome to share their experience, and new people are welcome to come,  ask questions and learn.  

Effectively we could calculate Rent/Price and test for "the 2% rule" in a variety of towns.

Market in the variety of investor friendly websites such as this one.

Plus there's a variety of ways you can advertise (forums, podcasts, newsletter, etc.) that have different price ranges and depending on what you'd like to advertise you might find one avenue more advantageous than others.