But the road crosses 3 other properties for which there is no legal access.  

Certain amenities can drive bookings (e.g. having a hot tub) but don't necessarily improve guest satisfaction.  

Say you paid 100k 6 years ago and have done nothing to improve the property value.

Smart investors first focus on finding quality properties—such as those in thriving areas of Brooklyn or potential neighborhoods around Manhattan—and then reverse engineer the process by improving management, optimizing rental structures, or enhancing facilities to make it worthwhile.

This upgrade not only improved comfort but also significantly modernized the property.

I initially accepted it as an improvement.

I don't know your skin thickness but know I do it with love and care for your improvement, there is no insult meant by any of it but fact is we all gotta suck, learn and try again before we get great, right. 

For improvements to our process, I’ll say yes to all showings and update and reduce the # photos. 

The way I'm looking at it, if my spouse and I only do employer matching for the 10 years we would have more than enough in there and still 10 years out from being able to access it.I do plan on doing 401k loans for deals if the numbers check out, and I've considered rolling over some of our 401ks into roth IRAs to access our contributions but we'd have to pay taxes out of pocket (a big hit to cash flow) and we couldn't touch it for 5 years.  

I've posted about Boutique hotels previously being the next high value investor asset class.. there are several examples of properties that have made 2024 improvements and nearly doubled the income and asset valuation.