If we were keeping it for a long term rental that would be different cause we could ride out the waves.

It's very important you read the HOA maintenance program, the problem with the beachfront is the possibility of water intrusion during high wave sessions or flash floods. 

@Tucker Kincaid Wave Apps has a great free version to use for accounting and invoicing.

Sub 200k duplex's where you can meet the one percent rule with a little digging and ride the wave of appreciation as they are up and coming areas. 

Another is to ride the appreciation wave we're seeing right now and I expect will continue in the near future, even if not at the same pace we witnessed in the last 10 years.For these reasons, I think house hacking is a great strategy for new investors and I question the assumptions about scalability.

So now I love my pool all the time.I believe pool cabins rode (and are still riding) the post-Covid wave even more so than the non-Pools.

Wave is Free, it is clunky but free and you can do JEs so you can build the financials properly.

So therefore I'm not trying to catch the tail end of the current wave more like get on the leading edge of the next one, to use a surfing analogy :)And of course quality professional management in the area.

Here are some articles about Zigbee and Z-Wave technology:https://www.cnet.com/home/smart-home/smart-home-hubs-zwave-and-zigbee-home-automation-wifi-eero/https://www.safewise.com/blog/zigbee-vs-zwave-review/We thought this was a great article about AirBNB home automation technology and costs with a real world example: https://www.motoretreat.com/automation/And here are the technology providers:Seamhttps://getseam.com/Everydoorhttps://www.everydoor.io/KeyCafehttps://www.keycafe.com/Remote Lockhttps://www.remotelock.com/smart-locksSchlagehttps://www.schlage.com/en/home/smart-locks.htmlYalehttps://us.yalehome.com/en/yalehome-products/nest-x-yale-lock1/https://us.yalehome.com/en/yalehome-products/yale-assure-lock-and-levers1/yale-access/https://us.yalehome.com/en/yalehome-products/yale-pro-sl-yrd156yrd136/Kwiksethttps://www.kwikset.com/haloeRentalLockhttps://erentallock.com/SmartThingshttps://www.smartthings.com/SmartThings/automaterhttps://community.smartthings.com/t/release-rental-lock-automater-airbnb-vrbo-homeaway-tripadvisor-booking-expedia/124785Hubitathttps://hubitat.com/Winkhttps://www.wink.com/products/Noise / Smoking DetectionKeycribhttps://keycrib.com/Property monitoring to manage noise, smoking, keyless entry and guest behavior with real-time alerts, bonds, and contracts.Accounting IntegrationGuestRevenuehttps://guestrevenue.com/Reconciles multiple listing services with Xero and Quickbooks.Maintenance / RepairPlentifichttps://www.plentific.com/en-us/Plentific works with landlords to transform how they deliver repairs and maintenance services.

Wave?