@Trevor Carlson - Yeah, if you are using traditional financing (FHA, Conventional, VA) and are applying for the loan as a primary residence (not an investment property) one of the stipulations of most all lenders is that you take occupancy within 60 days.

For those of you managing your own property, what supporting documents besides tax returns do you ask for when your applicant is self-employed?

I take 2 accepted methods of payment: auto debit, etransfer.

@Lutfi Kadd If this is someone youve never worked with before I think you should probably start with a traditional, you pay them for the work they do type of relationship.

Stay as far away from a traditional 4-year university as possible.

Quality, length of rental, management, please share experience and suggest if its good to go with them or stick to traditional/local property manager with 7-10% fee for same.

Like a 600SF AirBnB rental in its place just to qualify for a traditional mortgage.

Perhaps my method of running the numbers is wrong, I'm forgetting something or the local market is missing a massive deal.

@Yashar Fred most traditional rental investors that I know here in San Antonio are getting just over neutral cash flow in year one, when choosing areas where they expect strong rent growth and appreciation.

short term rentals are not only vacation homes, nurses, workers, consultants, family, etc. all use short term rentals in traditionally non vacation markets