These booking are often not made by your eventual resident, but rather they may be made by some harried assistant who ultimately has the power to choose where the "VIP" stays.

building equity is powerful. 

Will it be a property to live in yourself or to rent out, have you thought about any desired ROI, your buying power capabilities, etc.There are a lot of people in this post that can give you a hand of direction towards certain places/markets.  

This allows me more purchasing power and I still have peace of mind being able to see the property as I am just starting out and want to learn more, (rather than leave it to a management company).3.

ThanksIf that is the case it may be worth doing though for the power of google.

A HH/STR can be powerful in the right market.

My concern is their power.  

I think most of them are too immature and just don't want the responsibilities of growing up, like paying rent, power, food...  

I say it's time it liquidate 50%-75% of that portfolio, yes that's right 75% because that's only way to gain access to that full equity "power" potential.

If no useful seeds are put into it, then an abundance of useless weed seeds will fall therein, and will continue to produce their kind.”James Allen, As a Man ThinkethThe human brain is much more powerful than many realize.