Long-Term PerspectiveBe Patient: Real estate investing is often a long-term game.

Weekends brings in people visiting family or going to a foot ball game and week nights is mostly contractors or other blue collar groups needing a place for the week that is nice but cheaper than a hotel.

The reforms in 2022 were a game changer.

My advisor suggested that at my stage of the game, 8 properties, it likely made more sense to keep the extra money available or in the business to use as emergency funds or to accumulate for another down payment.

I know this is a super competitive space and like @Joshua Granberg said, the new zoning changes in western Washington in recent years has been a game changer for these types of units.

It often feels like a constant game of cat and mouse with phone carriers.

The appreciation and principal paydown gained over the years was well worth the shell game I played by under rehabbing the houses for rent to keep under that 70% ltv mark and still offering enough to take them down.  

In my opinion, this is much more effective than texting, which often feels like a constant game of cat and mouse with phone carriers.

Remember, it's consistent base hits that win the game! 

I think AIrBnB and Vrbo has some automatic adjustment for our listing on the off chance that there is a big spike in demand for a big concert or SportsBall (TM) game coming into town.