You'll be in an election year and should still get good rates in a year while enjoying residential rates for that entire 1st year.  

Where I live, Forest Heights, is less than 1 mile from Top Golf, Casino, National Harbor, Tanger Outlets, Movie Theatre, brand new target, new restaurants. 

If you want to stay involved in real estate, find something that you enjoy. 

To be able to secure more bookings when you aren't staying there,  I would caution against buying a place that is too far north along the east shore, many guests here like to be close to the action (Heavenly,  Casinos, the city of south lake)

I enjoy reading every bit of information in this awesome community.

There are people that enjoy working on their properties and are better suited for self managing and should be self managing.I would say to get a manger if you are purely doing it for the cost savings and find additional investments.A part time employee could be a good solution since you know your properties. 

I can honestly say I enjoy my job and don't plan on leaving it in the near future so this will be a side/retirement income generator for the time being but I'm all about opportunity so if I end up having a knack for this I can definitely see pursuing it more aggressively.I guess I'm reaching out to try and get in touch with investors in my area.

I have enjoyed the uniqueness of the mixed use property and is a lot of what makes this project thrilling.

I tried it, but didn't enjoy living in such a small unit.

Enjoy, I hope you can find use from it.I am looking at two properties right now,  Rent as % of Basis  2.63% and 2.62% Net Income as % of Basis 1.54% and 1.45%