My wife is an artist /interior decorator too and makes beautiful spaces on a budget, so would kill it with MTR, I think. 

Then walk away.Focus on lead generation—true motivated seller lead generation.

Understand true costs to maintain a home2.

It is true a manager will likely take around 20% but a good manager can save you money through effective preventative maintenance, and can gain revenue through better pricing, marketing on more channels + direct bookings, and more.  

TRUE!

True?

@Ori Skloot  If you are paying your employees $ 27 an hour , with withholdings , workmans comp , and the other related costs , they are costing you around  $ 38.00 to $ 42.00 an hour The true cost of your labor was closer to the $ 9000 mark . 

I have been told it is about 3% higher in general for an out of country investor, is this true? 

That is true, I disregarded the advantages of the quad having lower operational costs.

Oh so true.