There is a BP Blog about renting to College students with a lady who does it professionally at the Medical Schools in CA, where the students plan to work 24/7 for seven or more years before they Intern in order to be a Doctor of some sort and pay off their insane Student Loans.

We don’t know any PMCs to recommend in the area of Texas mentioned, but since selecting the wrong PMC is usually more harmful than selecting a bad tenant, you might want to read our series about “How to Screen a PMC Better than a Tenant”:https://www.biggerpockets.com/member-blogs/3094/91877-how-to-screen-a-pmc-better-than-a-tenant-part-1-services-and-processesWe recommend you get management contracts from several PMCs and compare the services they cover and, more importantly, what they each DO NOT cover.

See this Blog for a discussion of the legalities. https://www.biggerpockets.com/member-blogs/12388-abandoned-property-adventure-on-wildsideBe aware that a non owner and non lien holder can only pay another person's property taxes in WA (to prevent the property from being foreclosed for back taxes) up until the date the County starts its Foreclosure by filing a Certificate of Delinquency. 

I wrote a blog post about it here https://www.biggerpockets.com/... 

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Just wanted to know people's thoughts on some of these ratings.https://www.airdna.co/blog/best-places-buy-vacation-rental-propertyFor our STR we are leaning towards somewhere in Florida (Kissimmee), Hawaii (Maui), Vegas

However despite all the blogs I still dont feel like I got a straight answer.

A detailed resource on Due on Sale you might want to read is: the-truth-about-getting-around-due-on-sale-clauses (https://johntreed.com/blogs/john-t-reed-s-real-estate-investment-blog/66000067-the-truth-about-getting-around-due-on-sale-clauses).Also, these threads might be worth reading:386043-bank-called-my-due-on-sale-clause ()183825-due-on-sale-clause-was-called-by-bank ()232247-due-on-sale-clause ()Also, FYI - The Fannie servicing guide, for about a year now, explicitly excludes a transfer into an LLC you own from the due on sale clause.

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RE is a business so decide whether you want it to be active (more time => higher reward) or passive (much less time => lower reward).https://www.biggerpockets.com/member-blogs/10850/84064-what-type-of-investor-to-be-when-i-grow-up-active-or-passiv 2) once q1 above answered, find a niche with the type of investing that suits you.