I took the money that I used to spend on dinner out, movies, and other frivolous nonsense and put it into a savings account instead.

That's great when you can do it but with a rental property, you make your money through the long term cash flow income stream, the mortgage pay down by your tenants, and hopefully some appreciation. 

I'm assuming this is an additional income stream for them.  2.)

With STR In the winter months I about break even or lose a little, June-August I should net between $4,000-$6,000 depending on occupancy 2) Immediate payment by VRBO or Airbnb, no more waiting for the tenants to pay or if they will pay, 3) The revenue stream makes it easier to justify a property manager (or Co-host in Airbnb terms).

So that might be driving some of the rent up.I was speaking with an agent who said they were still getting a steady stream of buyers who just couldn’t qualify over $300k.

If you have any tips, books, movies or anything, please suggest it to me!

I am a financial independence "enthusiast" if you will and always interested in adding more semi-"passive" incomes streams to supplement my current investment portfolio (mainly index funds at the moment).

Those spaces are being converted to experiential type tenants such as Dave and Busters, movie theaters etc. 

I really need to get with people of like mind, also I believe in Multiple Streams of Income.  

It displays everything else fine until Netflix plays a movie not sure" (so it went from not working at all to working on everything but Netflix which there's no way that's possible.