Quote from @Mark Miles: Quote from @Joy Daniels: I manage short-term rentals in the Sarasota area, and I'm always looking for innovative ways to boost occupancy rates year-round.From your experience, what marketing strategies have had the biggest impact on keeping your properties booked?

Here are some of the areas that I focus in on:West side - West boulevard, Cudell, Clark-Fulton, Jefferson, Bellaire-Puritas, Old BrooklynEast side - Fairfax, Buckeye-Shaker (the north side), Waterloo Arts District, Garfield Heights, Maple Heights, Newburgh Heights, Lee-Miles (the north side), Bedford

The more challenging stipulation is you would need to use it more than 50% of the time for business use (and you need to log the miles to document that).  

Let's say there's 3 properties in a 1-mile radius with 5b/3b, but one is a foreclosure and the other 2 are regular conventional sales.If you're doing a comp for your subject (4th) property, do you have to take the foreclosure one into consideration?

Exemptions to getting a 2nd FHA loan per HUD handbook are:-Job relocation 100 miles away or in another state-Increase in family size-Vacating a jointly owned home (ie - divorce or the like)

There are new construction homes about 2-3 miles away going for 190-200,000 but I think they may be a bit larger than what I am building.

Going to the events page above and seeing who is hosting meetups along with connecting with people at these meetups is a great way to grow your network of people within a small 25-50 mile radius.

For reference, my property was only about 90 miles from Peoria.

California is the richest state in the USA.California has 3,427 miles of Coastline.

Affordable markets in growth regions, like the Midwest or Southeast, provide excellent opportunities for ROI while minimizing upfront investment.