Therefore, I have very low turnover and my goals have changed from maximizing $$$ to a blend of good $$$ and ease of management!!  

It will lower your blended interest rate for your STR investment.If you're borrowing at fixed 3-4% interest and buying a 7-10% CAP deal, that leaves a lot of room for cashflow. 

Here are the numbersPurchase price: 125kRent: 1% (1250/month)Monthly costs:Prop taxes: 160Capex (10%): 125Repairs (10%): 125PM fee (10%): 125Mortgage (assuming I finance 81k) at 3.9%: 383closing costs to refi will be around 2500, I blended that cost in over 24 months: 104In this scenario, my COC if I keep this as an all cash purchase is 5%. 

So if you are looking for somewhat better yield, security, diversification, and maybe an inflation hedge, it makes a lot of sense.Right, I’d also be careful looking at blended return for a bond fund.

Revenue is nothing more then a combination of Occupancy Rate and ADR (average daily rates) and that 'fierce' method is simply raising ADR against lower occupancy for the same revenue as high occupancy, lower ADR or a well balanced blend of both...which is what I think most hosts try to achieve. 

I did a blend. pay down bad debt and increase good debt.

Our goal is to maximize revenue for our owners so we look at RevPAR (Revenue per Available Unit) as the most important performance metric -- which blends rates and occupancy.  

It "blends" better, whatever that may mean to you. 

ErinHi Erin,I don't know your neighborhood, or the surrounding area, but street view looks like smooth white for other buildings.Do you want to blend in, or stand out (salmon with a gloss top coat)?

Very malleable with great capabilities and costs $95/month.There are two types of software out there and some are blended to do both jobs: servicer and asset managment.