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Linda,Welcome to the BP forum, it's one of the bes REI sites right now loaded with seasoned investors and seasoned professionals able to help with every angle. 

We have about 30K saved and are willing to move just about anywhere in the country (spots that cashflow??).

Apartments in Connecticut have a 95.6% occupancy rate and stay on the market for just 37 days—making it one of the most competitive rental markets around!

Follow someone like David Greene that peels back the curtain on the good, the bad, and the ugly.

The problem with midterm and longterm is that you are obligated to extend the lease up to 3 years if the tenants wants to because midterm leases are under the same rules as long term.

Happy to connect &help in the Los Angeles, CA market! 

They would be managing 4 to 5 cabins, and I would be setting my daily rates dynamically to maximize occupancy, so this would be a consistently significant workload for the VA(s).

We've heard this question a decent amount recently, and I'm assuming that it's Nationwide due to the stats below: 2024 is the most apartment units completed in a single year since 1987.We're definitely no longer in the days of throwing up 3 blurry photos, pushing rents, and having 5-10 applications within a 3 day period (COVID era). 

I would even reach out to some owners you may have worked with in the past and share how you're looking to buy your first rental and if they have any sound advice.