There is a huge demand for short term rentals in Austin, and the Type 1 (owner occupied) short term rentals are not going to meet the demand for the travelers wanting to visit there. 

I know you in real life and I know you are busy and travel, how do you find the time?!

A Plan B for when one can not or does not want to travel all the time. 

The house seems to have been used as one giant storage unit for the sellers hoarding habit. 

The most full year (we travel a lot) grossed over $30,000.

I chose the path less travelled by. 

In 10-15 years with fantastic online services,  they and property managers and 6-7% commissions may join the travel agent and commissioned car salesmen in extinction.Originally posted by @Lucas Carl:@Ken Latchers fantastic way to deal with terrible agents, not build your systems, get stuck with just a couple of properties as opposed to a couple of dozen, and be a grumpy old man.  

@Shelby Ek so i travel for work.

I was thinking of buying a RV to travel each summer while my son is on summer break from high school, and look for 1 to 2 good deals each summer to buy, rehab, and rent out.

@Tom Gimer- this does seem like a conflict of interest to me as well so I’m leaning in the direction of rearranging the travel to be there for the closing.