If this is an STR, DSCR lenders will require that you have booked the property on an STR site for 12 months or have 12 months of prior experience with a different property.

So, essentially it takes out a lot of the guessing and constantly looking at your competition to get you more bookings.

It is very dependent on your place, location, and target guest, but I have built my properties' social following to almost 50,000 followers, with 65% direct bookings from that.

In fact, I've made up a few of my own that aren't in the book.

Definitely should check out J Scott's book on estimating rehab costs: https://store.biggerpockets.com/products/the-book-on-estimat...I wrote a long article a while back on due diligence that would also be worth reading (well, at least I think it is): https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/due-diligence-ultimate-gu...

About 3 years ago my freshman year of high school I was told if I was to house hack after high school I could own 5 properties in 10 year's.I took that to heart and have been saving money since then reading books and listening to podcasts about finance, business and real estate.

I help my clients manage their books as well.I was able to help use Buildium for all accounting records. 

I am checking out a couple of books to read and I have the time available to study and learn. 

Podcasts are great but some books will help to get clear view on what you'd like to do.

Then you can read a more in-depth book like The Book On Rental Property Investing by Brandon Turner or The Unofficial Guide to Real Estate Investing by Spencer Strauss.2.