You'd need to have great service, a great location, and you'd have to capture a small group of people who are intentionally looking to stay in a conventional B&B over other options that may be cheaper or more convenient.

This costs about $75 per month, or, if I can get one of the tenants to allow me to set up my "Automation Hub" (I use Smartthings HUB in my setup), I will give the tenant $25 per month towards their bill.There are many ways that Smart Devices can help, not only in the case of smoke detectors.I have motion detectors which turn on and off lights, cameras that record to the Internet, leak detectors that tell me if there are problems with my basement, particularly if one of my equipment like a Hot Water Heater or Hot Water boiler is leaking, etc.In fact, I normally buy properties in transitioning neighborhoods, capturing the appreciation as the neighborhood gets better.The Internet Cameras became very important in this situation for 2 reasons:1) I kept getting sanitation tickets for dirty sidewalks.

My personal feeling is the current seller is capturing the appreciation.

Without your name on the title, you might fail to capture the depreciation expense on your tax return, another perk of real estate investing.Does your area have an appreciation factor?

Working directly with sellers is the bulk of the equity capture I need at the buy.Look for tired plexes, carpet and a dumpster in the driveway, yard/moving sale holders, places for rent and to your circle you deal with regularly. 

Depends on the equity capture at the buy, rehab amount, ARV and CF analysis if holding. 

Learn the position, what needs to be done, take video captures, and share them with the VA. 

Services for knowledge include: setting up security cameras for vacant houses, creating listings and descriptions of properties, employing professional photographers to capture site pics) 

So you find a property where you can renovate the units, capture large rent increases, and refinance your equity out or sell for significant profit.

I have created a spreadsheet trying to capture the points that Brandon Turner describes in his book as being analytical points to quickly screen properties as potential deals just based on what you can get from seeing the home on listing sites.