Eventually, we did get tired of being landlords, and as our children came along and started growing up, we stopped doing it.

ETWhen Tylisha Slaughter learned that the West Philadelphia rowhouse she rented was going to be auctioned off in a sheriff’s sale, she sensed opportunity.Slaughter, now 30, aimed to buy the home near Cobbs Creek Park on the cheap and restore it from the “slumlord”-like conditions she, her boyfriend, and her two young children had been living in.But on the day of the sale, she said, she found herself up against an out-of-towner with lots of money to spend: Brandon “Dutch” Mendenhall.

All the youth have left, maybe the elders are still there or they are deceased and the children don't want the property.

We have 2 children, 13 and 6.

The big issue is people just buy a 3bed2bath and put okay furniture in it and expect to cash flow $5000/month.

Plus scan the local Craigslist to see what used furniture is out there.With all the questions you have asked, I don't think you said where it was located.

Short-term rentals are popular around the downtown area and surrounding neighborhoods, mid-term rentals are common to target traveling nurses and doctors from health facilities like Nationwide Children’s Hospital.I’ve also spent time living in Cincinnati and it has a lot of unique character.

The rental had ratty furniture, a record player prominently featured in the marketing but it had no speakers, missing basics items in the kitchen, lots of drunks in the concrete hallways that reverberated right into the bedroom at 2am, a strong odor of urine outside, and more.We have super hosts in this forum that have hundreds of 5-star reviews and are masters of the craft, but I look at their rentals and see they don't have any artwork on the walls, decor is basic, they do nothing to make the guest feel welcome, etc. 

Multi-family properties typically draw transient tenants, singles or couples without children, who stay only 1–2 years and cause moderate to serious damages.

Hello - I'd like to cater towards families with children for my STR.