And I bought 10 houses in Arkansas in the last year without knowing anyone in that town.

What I am finding is many places are still stuck on pricing from 2 years ago.

.- These generally aren't a hold hands and sit in a circle and talk about your feelings environments (at least from my exposure) but generally they are frank, straight forward, and interested in passing along what they've accumulated in knowlege over the years to the next generation, and oftentimes family isn't too interested

Mine told me they would do 75% of 1 year's airbnb income.

If we're speaking of rentals in Houston, you'd certainly need to reach back and see what your wind exposure has been like over the past 10-20 years (if you can go back that far with good data) for this specific rental and area of the state. 

@Jordan D'Silva very difficult to anticipate/predict changes in national and local economies, politics, etc.Detroit has been on a 10 year run, that just seems to be getting better & better overall - but, there have been multiple potholes in the journey and there will be more.

After the 3 year period to redeem property, what am I to do as the tax payer?

Its been standing for the past 30 years and I did not notice any concerns with settlement, etc. 

Unless you are in a vacation area, I would never buy a STR that does not work as a LTR.Regarding another pandemic, we have one like every 100 years, so I am playing the odds that we are not going to have another covid lockdown situation anytime soon.

Hey Jason, I know plenty of investors that pay anywhere from 1200 bucks a year to 5000 dollars per year, really depending on their situation and complexity.