But also with low debt or free and clear property that they can easily access any time in the future with a cash out refinance.Thanks Dave-I'm reading one of your books now. 

Quote from @Iliana Herrman: Brandon wrote his book over ten years ago and the market was very different at that time.

And as far as legal—an attorney becomes essential once you're ready to finalize terms with either an HML or private lender to make sure everything’s secure.Hope this helps!

I recommend you read some books on how to manage investments well.

Also, James Dainard just came out with a new flipping book, The House Flipping Framework.

The tourism authority has had some good information in the past about how many visitors come to each island and, of those visitors, how many book STRs.

What I love about Baselane is that it was built BY real estate investors FOR real estate investors so it's really dialed in to what you're going to need in order to prepare your taxes, keep your books up to date and the more operational aspects of being an REI like tenant vetting and processing rent payments.

I would recommend to read a few books.

I've obsessively been listening to every podcast episode I can, reading all the books, and signing up for any and every workshop and educational seminar.

Some say it increases bookings, while others mention concerns about damage and additional cleaning costs.