You can search another one of my posts to give you a sense of generic rehab and maintenance costs, in the end this is the key variable in your underwriting that needs to get nailed down. 

but not water and sewer or IRS (those will fall off after 6 months I believe) HOA should fall off, May need to pay 6mo back dues depending on their covenant easier to work with them.Live Auctions you won't get any kind of title insurance, Online only auctions are really REO sales. 

Even if you inspected them all in the same day, you would have to drive eight hours, inspect for 3-4 hours, stay the night somewhere, and drive back the following day.

I pay quarterly so there is not such a large tax burden at the end of the year, however, I work on commission.

In the end, I prefer the long-term rental route with a good tenant though and over time when I start traveling for extended periods again, I will likely shift them back to long-term.I personally, would not purchase a property for the sole purpose of being a vacation rental - it's just not part of my investment strategy though, I have met people who do quite well with that model. 

The initial investment might be large, but if you can't make that back in a few deals from leveraging the network you might not be in the right position within your business.

Hi Jerell, I started my real estate career as a rental investor, but I discovered I hated being a landlord and how much time it ended up costing me.

If you are already receiving an income and don’t need monthly cash flow you may prefer all the appreciation at the end.

:-pI don't think it would be worth it, personally, unless your end goal was to relocate to Spain.

Are we able to go after Section 8 for back rent owed?