I prefer investing with the European crowdfunding platform because this way is more appropriate for me because it doesn't require as much money and managerial efforts and it is online. 

VRBO and Airbnb platforms make it pretty easy to self manage.Find a great cleaning company that can handle turnovers and be your eyes and ears and a handyman for small repairs and you are pretty much there.You can use sites like TAKL.com to find other services that you don't routinely need.

Most of this is already in place, so the plan is to begin offering the platform to other teams/agents with some level of monthly coaching around their Chart of Accounts & expenditures.

Considering that $1 of rental income replaces $1.25-1.45 of earned income, I bet this is about equal to what she's making every year.

This is very local, though.I bet you can find a better rate.

I'd bet, though, that your ten-year IRR is much, much higher owning a place in a desirable district in DC and renting out rooms than it would be just buying a blue-collar workhorse of a property strictly to crank out rental income.

None of them are expensive and if you did all of them I'm willing to bet you'd see a big improvement.  

Usually you're required to mitigate losses, as well as have a spelled out break fee.I'd say two months would be a safe bet, but one at least.

If you are on this platform looking for the best agent she has the best team in the city!

Make sure you buy a deal that you can ride out the bad times in, it must cash flow now and it must cash flow in the future to not bet on the future with todays money, no one knows what the market looks ike tomorrow but if you buy right today you will be ok.