In addition, I recently looked at building where 2 of 3 units are generating more income than long term rentals...consistently for multiple years.Would love to hear feedback from those who are current hosts and those who are thinking of have thought about it in the past. - What am I missing?

I have my W2 and all my stuff from my regular job, the stuff for my home mortgage, health insurance, all that jazz that I already take to an accountant.

Check it regularly and make sure he is making the payments on time.

My husband and I attend several Real Estate Meetups in our area and have started our own Meetup that meets regularly. 

Landlord: Focus on applicant criteria, vetting potential tenants, thorough lease agreements, outline tenant expectations, perform regular walk throughs with tenants, and use web-based rent collection and maintenance requests. 

Is there a significant fee that I would have to pay opposed to just going through a regular lender ?

[Self promotion removed by moderators]Next, it is important to work with an agent who works with investors regularly for obvious reasons.

I will rent or partner with you on your property and host short term guests.

For the uninitiated, SXSW is a global convention hosted in Austin every spring.

“Regular” rent was $975 for upstairs and $1009 downstairs (we pay utilities out of this) with a mortgage of $900.