The agent didn't have access to property and after waiting over 20 minutes the agent jumped the fence and climbed through a broken window to let me in.

They say they feel unsafe because they think someone else is living there and the other tenant leaves late night about 3am climbs over the fence and gets into a car and comes back before sun cimes up.

Kids can easily climb horizontal cables or metal, but not the vertical posts. 

I'm a native of Saranac Lake (10 min. from Lake Placid) and have watched the STR market continue to climb. 

Eventually, I’d like to get into long-term rentals (out of state) and short-term rentals (both in and out of state).Besides real estate, I’m really into outdoor activities like surfing, mountain biking, kitesurfing, snowboarding, skateboarding, and rock climbing.

We saw this once already in the past twelve months and bond yields and mortgage rates climbed rapidly in a few weeks. - A lot of your decision will come down to your personal risk tolerance.

Too many headaches for cash flow on paper (which is actually negative in reality) : stolen AC unit (thieves climbed a 7 ft fence), attempted break in (alarm scared intruder away), repair issues, winter weather (make sure someone turns up the heat on a vacant property).

Plus its a non stop location for tourism Summer Camping, White Water Rafting, Rock climbing, 4 Wheeler/ATV, Hunting, Fishing.Winter - Ski, Snowboard, Tube, Ice Fishing, Hunting, Winter Breaks away from the Heat etc.

Otherwise, given its location you'll probably see the price climb back to 2022 prices at some point.

Without the out of state pressure those values I think would have rarely climbed out of the 2 to 3 % rule as that is all a in the know investor will pay for the risk/reward of the current condition of those areas.. most all of the commercial has closed  so its really just schools and homes..