Maybe this is why I have heard on the podcasts that you must be careful investing in inexpensive homes in that 30-40k range.

Are you planning on getting this leak rectified within a reasonable time frame or is going to be leaking for a while? 

If you plan to scale your vacation rental empire you may consider outsourced management.

I'll be making plans to do Rental Arbitrage via STRs and MTRs starting out. 

I am planning on waiting to refi until rates come back down a bit.

@Kelly McClellanReally sad to hear you had such a bad experience with out-of state investing in Ohio in general regardless of where you were planning to invest.

I'm curious to hear about others' experiences with implementing their plans for initial improvements.

I am planning to move this summer and really want to put my house up as an MTR given the high demand in Wilmington, NC!

My plan is to endorse the insurance claim check, send it to my lender to pay off the mortgage, and request a check for the remaining balance.

Along with the same client is building a small resort on one of the Islands. to me the pros are things are based on english law and english is the language of the country.for us where at our age health care is important I would not choose to live there as an x pat.