I was raised to be a "giver", but that has caused me to allow others to use me periodically.

But at that price point , that will be fairly minor.Once you hold the hard money loans for the seasoning period the portfolio lender requires, just roll over into that.

The lady that bought them down was trying to buy an Island in Clear Lake CA that I had worked on with another developer in the late 70s and it could not be built on at all period.. she had this big dream would never have happened but Remington stole her 10k and she went on the war path..

But over a long enough investing period the numbers should more or less balance themselves out and become fairly reliable.As Bruce pointed out, the alternative is to buy and remodel a piece of crap house. 

A lot of the STR management companies have contracts with companies to house their employees when they travel for extended periods of time.

This longer period may reflect more buyer deliberation or a cooling market.Median Time to Sales: The total median time to sales rose by 25.4%, from 71 days to 89 days, reinforcing the trend of longer decision-making periods.Active Inventory: Inventory levels soared by 81.6%, with 6,522 units available compared to 3,592 last year.

This longer period might reflect more buyer deliberation or a cooling market.Median Time to Sales: The total median time to sales rose by 29.4%, from 68 days to 88 days, reinforcing the trend of longer decision-making periods.Active Inventory: Inventory levels soared by 108.3%, with 8,938 units available compared to 4,291 last year.

This longer period might reflect more buyer deliberation or market cooling.Median Time to Sales: The total median time to sales also rose by 16.9%, from 77 days to 90 days, reinforcing the trend of longer decision-making periods.Active Inventory: Inventory levels soared by 56.8%, with 9,588 units available compared to 6,116 last year.

I would also say that if they turn out to be a great guest, you could consider booking off platform after a shorter lease period. 

By the way your post was written it almost seemed like there was a rush to spend all of your 1M seed money in a relatively short period of time.