I dont have requirement that I have to live by beach unless may be find a greater deal on 2 unit and do STR on the other and try to cover the expense that way even then which area would you recommend?

I don't know if it will really work if I rent at market price then run STR on top of it.

There's still a lot of availability for STR on Cape lately, so the tax may have some impact, but I think that's less of an impact than other factors.

The guideline says that it "must be occupied by the borrower for some portion of the year" and that it "cannot be subject to any agreements that give a management firm control over the occupancy of the property," among other things.The prevailing interpretation is that if YOU control what days/weeks/months it's available to the public as a STR on airbnb (or whatever platform), then YOU are retaining "control over the occupancy."

We scaled up rather quickly in LTR and kind of put STR on the back burner, but the time has come to refocus on STR investing. 

my personal take:fix and flips only make sense in an appreciation marketlike in CA when the interest rate is low and the market is stable.buy and hold only makes sense in an appreciation marketfor cashflow it makes sense to invest in a cash flow market only (midwest)STR only makes sense in the place where you want to have a vacation there and in a heavily regulated area.So for me, it's not about the house, it's about the market situation and location-specific. 

I live in a city with .5% vacancy and a STR on every block.

Maybe one about STR on BP if that is in your market and your investors have interest.Teach a class about investments....Set up searches that might interest your clients and then send out those properties....maybe searches they can't do on the public facing sites....like $/sqft....what's your average, where do prices start at attractive $/sqft, etc.   

Purchase price: $439,000 Cash invested: $55,000 Contributors: Brittany Bento-Tibbs Cabin near the Smoky Mountain National Park in Sevierville, TN.This property is a STR on Airbnb & VRBO, we are projecting a 50% COC.We used The Short Term Shop for the purchase, & Movement Mortgage for finacining.

Purchase price: $245,000 Cash invested: $19,500 2 Bedroom/2 Bath STR on Lake Conroe What made you interested in investing in this type of deal?