BP has various tools to help you analyze your deals (rentals, flips, wholesale, etc). : https://www.biggerpockets.com/investment-calculators7.

We under contract right before thanksgiving, which I think helped give us the upper hand in negotiations.

In that case, a premium can help discourage back-to-back bookings or at least bring in more revenue that could help with operational costs....While a premiumcan be put in place so that adjacent days are less attractive to guests, there's no guarantee that guests won't book these days, and your regular listing maximum price will still be in effect (though that can be adjusted with Date Specific Overrides).

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You aren't going to get help or advice if you don't ask useful questions.  

STRs were a means to an end, helping us expand our portfolio when cash flow was hard to find.

i was exploring and saw some of the neighborhoods in kyle, Tx has school ratings like 8 and brand new houses in the range of 300K with potential rents at $2200 per month so overall making them cash flow positive. however, i am not sure why Kyle is a popular place. it is mid way between austin and san antonio but that does not seem to be a strong enough reason. 

@Jim StoffeyKeep in mind that you can pay people to endorse you fairly easily ;) That being said, as to help other members who might be interested in Don's services, I told Jim that I have been involved in transactions with Direct Lending Partners as the funding source.

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