This ensures they are keeping an eye on everything, they get to see what it's like to be a landlord, they have to take responsibility for the lawn and other maintenance, they will learn to deal with people issues, and more.

Negotiating with people who only live through their emotions is difficult.

The market is always strong because of the growth there as well as diverse people who travel in and around there with the Military, space and rocket industry, as well as many other tech jobs. 

I Don't need people leaving useless basic info a 10 second google search could answer.

The fact that it loses money is somewhat mitigated by my tax savings at year's end (I have RE professional status).You just have to keep in mind that although there's a lot of tourists to the area a lot of them are cheap bastards that gravitate towards the lowest fares out there, and there's so much supply especially in the last 2+ years that it's a serious race to the bottom as you're competing with people who bought at $150-200k 10-15 years ago, never fix up their place and don't care if they rent for $99/night.

I think Sacramento is a great market - lots of Bay Area people moving up there. 

Ive been doing this for about a year realty wise, and the contracting for a good bit longer.This is only a sliver of what I can bring to the table.Ive come here today to ask.

It's a tough job to do and there are only so many people willing to do that type of job.

That's were alot of people are succeeding. 

I recently heard David Greene’s horror story about a short term rental license going bad in the north Miami Beach area (inspector looking for issues to pick at with the property and tagging the property for issues to avoid granting a rental license), and I was curious about people’s experiences in unincorporated Miami Dade.