The rules are different, depending on that.

Luckily the State of Florida restricts municipalities ability to restrict STR's since 2011 so one less thing for us to worry about here.However, I do agree the "bust" is mostly over (depending on market) as we are up 15% YoY on our existing portfolio, but I would stop short of calling it a boom!

It really depends on how quickly the tenant can secure a new home.Best wishes,Melissa

General contractor in business for 40+ years with an opportunity to acquire someone else's unfinished rehab for ~$2M with an ARV of $4M - $6M depending on whether we finish the existing project or tear down and start over with a better design. 

So it really is going to cost you as low as 20% or as high as 47% depending on your tax bracket. 

Ideally I am looking for an app that allows the tenant to pay thru direct deposit at no charge and for the payment data to be collected for credit scoring purposes. 

The new tenant has credit score 625 and doesn’t have rental history.

Figuring out whether to go for out-of-state Section 8 or Houston house hacking depends on what you're comfortable with.

Typical rates are 8-12% of income either monthly or yearly depending on manager.

If you were able to actually occupy and travel back and forth overseas and back to the US but keep it as your USA primary residence, maybe that would open up options as a second home/primary, etc. depending on the full situation.