.- Hire a solid property manager who gets paid to keep tabs on the property for you. 

My parents offered let me have a room at their house to keep my things and to stay at when I'm in town for free.

Careful in IB.....I used to have a business there and learned about good ole IB. it keeps creeping up the social ladder, but IB will always be IB. 

I'll keep you in mind if I find anything else in your neck of the woods!

I agree with Nathan,Your insurance would never cover a vehicle parked on a public road.

The town keeps growing but new-build is slow.

You have experience with good performance results (I am assuming) so that could help drive approval on a DSCR loan.Also, you could just keep saving and waiting for the interest rates to head back down.

One thing I'd keep in mind with mid-term rentals is I expect the mid-term rental market to get highly saturated at some point just like the STR market has.

Otherwise, you can take on a bit higher risk and acquire an off-market opportunity yourself, but you will not have the guard-rails of a Realtor and Lender to keep you away from expert-eye (or obvious) pitfalls.2) Tools and Analyzing Deals:What Tools - The analysis can be done via the BP Calculator (lucky for you, you're a PRO and have included access).

I've done the math and if I go into a property with a 4% cap keeping the same equity/debt ratio, I think I can cashflow pretty well.My question is:  is this advisable?