.- We then check out the rates by month for each competitor by month since they can vary so much since some properties have spikes during the summer for beach/lake areas, or winter for ski areas, or October for leaf-peeping, etc.- We then sum up the 12 months and you quickly end-up with a range of what you can expect to make.After we make our spreadsheet, we then buy the AirDNA data to see how close it is. 

Starting with fix and flips sounds like a fun adventure, and looking into short-term rentals shows you're thinking ahead.

It ain't no fun. 

But we’ll have fun until then.

I have not heard of AAPL but Las Vegas is a fun place too.

Busiest for me is actually winter!

NH only really cares about tenants with no heat during the winter.

He was talking condos, but for some fun, out of the box thinking to get your juices going - I would totally take your budget and get as many mid-century bungalows in Burbank between Magnolia and the Chandler Bike path that haven't been remuddled, with the original wood floor under carpet. 

Not a big deal but he drew the line there just on principle and I think kinda for fun.

When a sidewalk gets a crack in it like that, and winter comes and it freezes, then it melts the water goes into the crack, then it freezes again- and heaves the crack apart further because ice expands.