, and reading everything I could find on the internet about real estate investing.

We hosted a meet and greet when we took over, and nearly every tenant was more concerned about still being able to live there as opposed to any other issues.

Expenses unique to short term rental:- Utilities (trash, water, sewer, gas, internet, tv)- Cleaning and prep- Consummables (soaps, towels, linens)- Hotel taxes (this depends on your locality)Also, to Rob's point, it is more management intensive than long term rental. 

Here's what I know about the vacant home based on internet and paying a title company to run a report for me: - orig mortgage 2005, now assigned to Bank of New York Mellon 2011 - 2nd mortgage 2005, MERS Countrywide Bank - loan servicer is BAYVIEW LOAN SERVICING LLC; they appear to be out of business? 

I read that online and you KNOW if it's on the internet, it's guaranteed to be true all of the times sometimes.    ,-)

I was searching the internet for information on real estate investing.

Some of the budget would be used for an internet presence.

Meeting Monday April 20th This month’s meeting will be hosted by Georgia Floors Direct located at 1965 Eastern Blvd, Montgomery, AL 36117.

BiggerPockets is hosted on a number of different platforms, with a number of softwares running various parts of the site.  

He'll send out an email, host one showing, and have maybe 3-10 people show up at the showing.