However, be prepared for limited inventory, higher competition, and possible compromises.

It just feels like I’ve been making a lot of short term sacrifices for long term gains and I have to be really diligent with money management. or I could also just try to borrow money for the renovation, and pay off the line of credit over time, but I feel like that really would limit me and if the stock market(my collateral) went down I could also see some trouble. 

But the one thing that you can control is your creativity and how far are you willing to go with risk .

Greater control of the timeline.  

This is why the big corp builders or regionals control so much of the larger developmentsthe deals i funded are 34 lots 160 lots and 80 lots respectively and each of them have contracts on them by Toll and Lennar and one regional but they only close when we have permits in hand. 

. -- appears to have some properties that would cash flow well, but may be limited on long-term appreciation.I'm looking to stick to market-rate properties.  

For Chase, they seem to have the edge in this category, but I don’t like their business credit card options.Business Credit Cards: I prefer to keep all my accounts (personal and business) in one place, but the options are limited.

Insist on a limit.

This limited inventory will likely continue to drive prices upward.Sales - Median $/SF by MonthThe $/SF decreased slightly MoM, conforming to the seasonal trend.

The town of Shandaken has some pretty strict rules regarding STRs, requiring a "absent owner" STR to be owned for a year before it can be used as an STR, and also limiting the number of STRs to 100 properties.