My background is with high-growth technology companies doing online and direct marketing.

If you take advantage of new technologies: thermal mass electric resistance heating elements or electric air-2-air or ground-2-air heat pumps (especially ductless units with split heads), electricity can actually be cheaper.We have no oil heated properties and whenever we pursue a property heated with oil, we determine the cost of converting it to natural gas or electric and bake it into our analysis.  

TX is booming, oil, technology, healthcare and massive population growth here!

Recent graduates and some technology folks.

I'm a huge book wonk, and enjoy swimming, the outdoors in general, home brewing, travel, and cooking/bbq.My goals, to start, at least:Never stop learningNetwork - Partner - Develop relationships in the areaIncome - Income - IncomeDeveloping systems and working on time managementRehab jobs on the side to add to the ability to produce #3"Retire" from my day job by 40I'm also quite interested in personal finance topics, as well as harnessing the power of technology and data to make quick decisions; although I generally abhor black boxes.

Technology allows us to collaborate seamlessly with one another.

Welcome to the site @Arthur Clark Bigger Pockets is the most innovative and educational site available to learn about real estate investing.All the best to you!

Of course, I readily admit that's about as helpful trying to self-diagnose via a symptom search on WebMD.It does seem to my laymen's eye that an STR could, in fact, be thought of as a modern-day boarding house, just with different technology and a remote host.

And if we are paying high interest to the angel, they're really no better than hard money and I'd rather not risk the relationship.Interested to hear your success stories and innovative ways to possibly structure and propose a deal.  

I LOVE that Chicago will be on the cutting edge of new technology.