Im not personally a short term rental Investor but these are some of the benefits that may support your pursuit of scaling more rapidly Yes this is true about the STR which is a good option 

@Matthew Schulz some areas of the country do not have enough rentals to support a PMC. 

Dont tell your HML that you plan to occupy the property as HMLs cannot be done on occupied properties due to all the consumer protection laws in place. 

Keep any documentation showing the HOA had notice of the sale to support your case.

My Zillow account was disabled today due to an inappropriate comment a made to a prospective tenant about Emotional Support Animals.

It requires a lot more work, follow up, and it's necessary to have systems in place to support the tenant vetting, rent collection and creating lease agreements.

Although time consuming, I'm guessing that evaluating their condition periodically would help with the end of lease turnover cycle? 

Using creative financing I took a second and third mortgage to support these renovations.

I think this neighborhood would support that price on new construction at some point in the future.

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