I plan to build versus buy because Im currently working for my father, who is a general contractor in Fl, and will save on the construction costs because I can do most of the work for little cost other than materials. it would be minimum labor cost and no profit cost from contractor.

As collective investment so far only in Madrid, but we've started last month.

This can be tricky, but if you do have bed bugs your STR must be offline for upwards of a month.

I like the functionality a lot but it seems that once a month there's a new bug to contend with that's eating into my time.

So they have to be placed & picked up quickly, or at the very worst cost so little that it doesn't matter at all if the authorities remove it. 

Here are a few stats for the Jacksonville market and the rental portfolios we manage (over 4,100 properties):Property Management:- 98% rent collection- 672 homes rented with an avg duration of initial lease of 26.5 months - 581 leases renewed- Avg duration of resident stay of 54 months- Current occupancy 99%- Rents have rise 8% year over yearJax Market:- Med home sales price - $300k- Homes on market - 4,264- Home sold month prior - 1.17- Year over year appreciation - 15.7%  I just did a Jacksonville Real Estate Market Update on our weekly show and I do it every quarter. 

This added about $600 to my mortgage for the next 12 months, and I’m unsure if it’ll decrease to the norm again thereafter. 

Wondering if this is about right in terms of cost or whether there are other more affordable companies out there.  

Area around brown field, I added to the list ~6 months ago when the airport got the funding approvals.

If he wants to retire I would definitely play up the continued monthly income side....You might also be able to get him to see that a lower interest rate protects him from a refinance out.