I offer a 20-30% discount depending on the property, time of year (sometimes a long term guest just isn’t worth the amount of money you can lose), and length of stay. 2.

Even using bank statements from your business is an alternative. 

If you are not bringing them business, some don't let you just take the money from your own sale, they wouldn't stay in business long if they allowed that. 

I think it depends what you'd like to do whether you invest in state or out of state.

The answer is "It Depends".

If you truly want to be taken seriously in this business, you're going to have to put in a bit more effort.

There is significant risk to this business and people generally only want to show one side of the coin. 

I know there are some horror stories out there but these stories can vary depending on how the investor/landlord handles the process.

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Technically I could line up a replacement job and let that pay the bills while I invest slowly (and that’s definitely one of my contingency plans) but in some ways that does defeat the purpose, since leaving the corporate world and focusing all of my time on an investment business is probably the biggest appeal for me.