I go to a swimming pool occasionally tho but it’s cheap.

I'm getting ready to relocate there, and plan to house hack my primary residence with the occasional STR booking.

I send texts to them occasionally just to say 'hi' and check in.  

As property management we can and occasionally do run move in specials - which is not uncommon and is often times first months free.

The couple I mentioned said they'd occasionally get a traveling nurse or similar profession for a 2 month stay or something. 

Occasionally we are pre-advertising a unit because a tenant gave notice.  

The southern Maine region has a significant population of folks who work in Boston and commute in to the city daily or occasionally.

I'll occasionally see it in the listing, but is that how investors find these deals? 

Same with when I occasionally get gas in my vehicle using my company debit card... or occasionally run by staples or buy something off Amazon for my home office. 

A handyman landlord working with minimal help can do good work in these places, stay on top of things, and keep perhaps ten of these tight little ships running with practically zero outside labor costs eating into his profits or excessive time commitments, while he does modest, leisurely little spec rehabs and occasionally larger live-in flips anywhere he finds deals, accelerating his timeline to  pay off his street of moneymakers.