Why are you investing in STR as a new investor in real estate?

[Yiwei Cheng]

I would love to hear what made you get started in STR? What are you hoping to achieve by investing in STR? What does having a STR give you that other strategies do not?

[Collin Hays]

Quote from @Yiwei Cheng:

I would love to hear what made you get started in STR? What are you hoping to achieve by investing in STR? What does having a STR give you that other strategies do not?

I started buying vacation rentals in 2005.  The answer today is the same that it was then:

1.  Someone else paid for most of the investment.

2.  Someone else paid for most of the investment.

3.  Someone else paid for most of the investment.