We as a firm have investors working with us who have rental properties all over the US big and small.Finding a real estate-focused tax professional and one who can help with advisory and grow with you would be my suggestion to focus your efforts on finding.

You haven't talked about taxes yet.

I have heard many horror stories of a guest complaining and getting a full refund at the hosts expense. 

Property taxes here around around $10k/yr so around $800/month.

So far, I am in the midst of purchasing a couple of mortgages and I have purchased tax liens and deeds. 

I am also including the taxes and insurance while running the numbers.

Behind on property tax?

.- Document everything (receipts for taxes, all the work that you did yourself via photos and video, and your expenses in an excel sheet to make sure you're on track.

Unexpected thing is actually coming from property tax rather than the performance of the STR itself, we still get 99.99999% fully booked.

I like Texas, but the only thing that holds me back is the higher property taxes compared to North Carolina.1- Money: ok to spend 200-300K (prefer to put only 20-30% down) and invest in a couple of properties than buying one in cash2- Prefer cash flow (of course, appreciation would also be great)3-Prefer SFH over duplex just because with SFH (in a good neighborhood), I probably would have less headache and dramaHere are my questions:1- Which city do you invest in and why?