I am traveling this week and next.

It easier to have a 10 min commute to work and travel once a week out your rental an hour away than the inverse.

Hey @Isaac Johnson,I won't attempt to change your mind, just wanted to salute you for the killer usage of the 'louder with crowder' reference!

There is a huge demand for short term rentals in Austin, and the Type 1 (owner occupied) short term rentals are not going to meet the demand for the travelers wanting to visit there. 

I know you in real life and I know you are busy and travel, how do you find the time?!

A Plan B for when one can not or does not want to travel all the time. 

You’ll need to spell out how usage will be tracked, what portion is yours and what portion is tenants and how the tenants portion will be allocated to each tenant. 

The most full year (we travel a lot) grossed over $30,000.

I chose the path less travelled by. 

In 10-15 years with fantastic online services,  they and property managers and 6-7% commissions may join the travel agent and commissioned car salesmen in extinction.Originally posted by @Lucas Carl:@Ken Latchers fantastic way to deal with terrible agents, not build your systems, get stuck with just a couple of properties as opposed to a couple of dozen, and be a grumpy old man.