I have some 2 bedrooms doing $70-80k/yr in revenue, some 4 bedrooms with pools doing $130-160k, as well as a 7 bedroom that cranks out $300k/yr. 

I use Prohomerealty for my 2 rentals in wake forest.

(I distinguish this from towns where you can do Airbnb but only because there's no law whatsoever.)

I grew up in the Western US, where homes are generally constructed the same (broadly speaking). 

Trust me, everyone of them will ask "wheres the closet in this room?" 

It's basically built on top of WordPress core and they made it simple and easy to navigate.Where in wordpress, you have to get some plugins (some are also monthly paid) to achieve the same kind of functionality.SEO is not just about having a good hosting/platform and features, it's about utilizing the features in a way so your brand has visibility and people that come into your website gets proper value of their time spent.Here's a table comparison for you that I wrote earlierNow whether you have a carrot or a wordpress site, for SEO, you will need:- Website Credibility (Personalisation)- On Page SEO (Keywords, Titles, Meta Tags, Description, Image ALT Tags & Optimization etc)- Social Media Presence (Regular Posts/Videos and Engaging with your audience)- Monthly Content Publishing (Regular Blogs & Location Pages)- Monthly OFF Page SEO (Citations, Backlinks)Now if you consider the cost, end of the day it's quite same for both the platforms.But if you are starting fresh, I see no point of having their 180$ plan, you can continue with 89$/month plan from carrot and assign someone in your team to put regular blog posts and update the location pages.Or if you want to use WordPress and get someone setup the website and do regular content updates for you, then It can take 3-6 months to start seeing visible growth in organic traffic if all the things mentioned above are taken care of.

My clients can "force appreciate" the value of the property by doing a quality rehab for a lower than market cost because they are very good at spotting "diamonds in the rough".

I would suggest finding those who are doing direct mail to note owners and get assets they can't afford.

I like Salem.

I see many situations where one generation wants to buy out a prior generation or, more typically, siblings.