if so - are you wanting to borrow just  enough to pay off the loan and cover refi costs  or  are you wanting to pull out more funds over and above the loan balance ? 

I’ve bought 12 rentals from cash out refis by pulling equity out to scale up.

You bring up a valid concern with Airbnb's focus on Experiences potentially pulling attention away from improving the core hosting experience.

Hey Brian, just wonderign if you pulled the trigger on Chattanooga yet?

So it seems the better options in front of us is doing a cash-out refi of our old primary home to pull enough equity out to fund the down payment of the investment home + any rehab costs and then BRRR that to get some of our money recouped?

Once renovation is done,  you could refinance it to pull out equity for your next project..

I'm just pulling 6% out of mid-air. 

In the US some markets are still pulling top dollar and other markets you are seeing price reductions.  

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The algorithm can pull outliers if it doesn't get enough info that more closely mirrors the request.So doing the enemy method; check VRBO and AirBNB directly in the immediate area and compare similar properties to what you are looking at buying.