And do your best not to let the lack of resources dictate your focus or goals.

@Andrew Freed is a good person to get in touch with about that as he is a MA multifamily investor who does a lot of meetups.STR is a tough way to start right now because in most markets the table stakes to be competitive are very high.

The free marketing is not effective in a competitive market neither is the marketing strategy.

This search term will more likely attract potential home buyers.As we all know, targeting buyers can be a waste of money when competing in this competitive market where each investor/wholesaler is fighting for the next best distressed seller.Now, what else is this advertiser doing wrong with their ad?

The Hocking Hills is popular for short term rentals but is competitive.

The free marketing is not effective in a competitive market neither is the marketing strategy.

Factors such as competition, food trends, lack of management, ingress etc, can close these stores. 

As Realtors, we negotiated a great deal in a competitive situation on our own.How did you finance this deal?

And the housing market in my state is very competitive and an average house is almost $850K. 

Still competitive due to lack of inventory but the return potential is much better.