Oregon is also an increasingly popular retirement destination, for primary and second home buyers that don't need to have STR permissions, the options and areas to invest are robust, and there is even high demand for upgraded and updated furnished mid term rentals to help off set operating costs.

Here are a few popular options for inventory management in the STR industry:Smartbnb: Smartbnb offers tools for automating messages to guests, but also includes inventory tracking features.

Its a really cool cabin right off of Lake Winnisquam (a large/popular lake in NH).

Here’s the weirdest part: 1- minutes later, he opened the house door and got in. 2- the phone number listed on his profile is out of service. 3- the phone number he called me from, is VRBo customer service number! 

The biggest hurdle right now is interest rates, it is extremely difficult to buy in a popular market and actually make a profit out of the gate.  

I think their customer service is awesome.

Marking up repairs & maintenance, farming out customer service to people that can barely speak English, charge a lot of junk fees, etc.I'm just not comfortable doing any of that.  

When finally the Customer Relationships person answered, he could not give me information about the status of the investment!  

Cleveland is one of the most popular markets on this forum.

Contrary to popular borrower belief, the mortgage business is actually more about people than numbers.