It also has become a popular travel destination over the last 5 years or so, so there has been an increase in competition in the STR space as well. 

Realtors offer the broadest market through the MLS and networked sites, potentially reaching millions.

It’s now mid-November.After double-digit requests through phone/voicemail to almost every phone number option in the menu, emails, messages onto their web site, Facebook messages and comments, I had to initiate a chargeback. 

But you can use a good GC to do a site walk as well....it certainly is a good idea! 

That was precisely the sort of site I was hoping for.

The site is love and hated by some.

My goals would be to increase monthly cash flow and have more access to the property's equity for things like Cap Ex, etc....Here's a blurb from a lender's website:"By combining banking functionality with home financing into one dynamic instrument, borrowers are able to save tens of thousands of dollars and years off their loan""Designed after popular programs around the world, the All In One First Lien HELOC is the nation’s first transactional offset type-mortgage program.Home financing and banking combined:Deposits lower your loan’s principalFunds remain available for expensesInterest is calculated on the average daily balanceThis lowers the monthly interest paymentsTens of thousands of dollars can be saved over the life of the loanMortgage freedom can be achieved in half the time or less

Go to Etsy and search for "rental property tracker," and you will find hundreds of nice spreadsheets to track 10-20 rentals, usually for under $10.Software has extremely helpful features like online payments, marketing syndication (click a button, and your property is advertised on multiple sites), electronic document review/signing, maintenance tracking, and owner reports.

Welcome to the site.

You might look into some of the real estate crowdfunding sites that allow you to invest only a few hundred dollars into whatever project you like and build up savings in the meantime so that you can take down one of these deals in the future.