Quote from @Joy Daniels: I manage short-term rentals in the Sarasota area, and I'm always looking for innovative ways to boost occupancy rates year-round.From your experience, what marketing strategies have had the biggest impact on keeping your properties booked?

Good pro tip is to not tell the tenants you're moving into next door that you're the owner but just affiliated with the property manager.

I manage almost 400 apartments in Cook County at this point.

It might be wise to sell it just from a management standpoint and reposition the money into some index funds and maybe another property in NC.

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Lastly, there will be no management fees!

We already paid them a pretty sizeable entry fee ($30k) to cover some of their equity and debt in another project.

Hey Jamie, I am actually a property manager located in Jacksonville, FL and work with several investors in the area.

Entry prices now may have gone past that in ost areas. 

Long term rentals are easier to manage and come with less risk.