We are going to look at a 5 room apartment building next week for STR and MTR use.

Try being an agent, your phone number is EVERYWHERE and you get targeted by a whole industry that wants to sell you the latest gimmick.Here is what helped me.I answer calls and when it's a telemarketer I will interrupt them and say very friendly (because I don't hate the poor person who gets paid to do this and coached to be ruthless): Hey, so glad you called, can you do me a big favor? 

I actually had to do this recently as I also plan on doing renovations to a 3 unit building. 

You have to know the market before you build a plan and I don't think this market supports your intended plan.

I look forward to building prosperous relationships with this amazing community!

Would need to know about locations of your buildings and current rents to see if there is anything that can be done now to get numbers a bit better.

We also buy the rentals we lock up and offload some too so I'd suggest doing your marketing in the market where you want to build your portfolio. 

With a Condo, couple things to note:1) Financing can be a challenge, but as long as the building is in good condition, you should be fine.

Go to BUILD YOUR TEAM at the top of the screen and look for local investors or meetups in your area.

In the manufactured home industry, I've heard more complaints about new homes being bought and installed straight from the factory than consumers buying older homes direct from homeowners.