Does anyone have any tips or best advice when working with contractors?

Go online to the Texas Secretary of State website.

Have you tried searching online or asking others for referrals?

Also, they seem to be renting fast between 3-11 days on market, with one being 62 days (out of 7 total rentals).3) So with those previous #'s, there would be a negative cashflowSP - $850kDown pmt - $100kLoan- $750kPmt @ 3% = $3,162/mthtaxes = $815/mth (with new assessment)insurance = $150/mth (guestimate)PITI - $4,127/mthOf course, those #'s are for a conventional purchase and new loan @ market rates.

Of course, I don't really look outside five points....I've been called an idiot on this forum before for admitting that I hardly ever raised the rent on my reliable long term tenants.

I have been in the course 6 months (actually just got kicked out for starting to tell others what I have experienced).

Of course there are a number of fees for the loan so let's estimate cash out of $52,000.  

I understand Act 60 is a driving force of pricing and demand but its seems like the market is at a tipping point of saturation. 

Simple answer - learn a scripting language FAST and work on REAL WORLD problems.I created a course, Introduction to Real Estate Data Analytics, to help those who want to learn their market and get started in Python.

Of course, this thought is not just in the STR industry, but throughout every industry that has plenty of companies to choose from.So, with that said I feel like a company can stand out by how well they know a potential client's pain points, help said client find solutions to those pain points, can be personal yet still professional, and how much passion can they bring to the table that gets everyone excited.This can make people stop and wonder what makes that company different, instead of blending in with thousands of others.