There is a robust community here in town though for STR/MTR - I highly recommend connecting with the meetups and the locals that are STR experts!

The other lesson I learned is that the right fit for me in this investing process is to long term hold the properties I purchase, rather than flip them, unless market conditions are so good that flipping makes sense.Did you work with any real estate professionals (agents, lenders, etc.) that you'd recommend to others?

You have earned income within Georgia and will be responsible for paying state taxes on the income earned within the state.It may also be possible that when you sell the property, that the title company will require withholding done at the time of closing and remit it to the state which you can claim as withholding / tax payment when you file you Georgia non-resident state tax return.Best of luck.

If you're going to use national average data, I would recommend using all of the other national data to provide as a benchmark. 

It seems that he has been able to list his properties pretty easily in the past and doesn’t recommend Craigslist.

@Grant Francke Here is what we recommend to our clients:For Landlords- Have two bank accounts one for receiving rent that is received from Buildium and another bank account for everything that is not received or paid via Buildium.- As Buildium has all the details of the tenant, there is no use duplicating it in QuickBooks.

I am not familiar with who you are working with but always recommend vetting any company deeply before signing and paying -- those companies tend to have a lot of overhead they need to pay - out of your bottom line.

Managing the $40,000 renovation budget required careful oversight to ensure timely completion.

In some states, a real estate license is required to originate private money business purpose loans.

Fair housing laws require that certain forms of income MUST BE considered.