I think the shift in demand is primarily due to (i) locals (within 2-3 hour drive) being more open to travel to further destinations despite the pandemic and (ii) significantly increased STR supply in the market (the number of permits in operations today are apx. 2x what they were early 2020). 

Do you think waiting 7 years to see income is a good idea can never spend it so keep driving your yugo? 

If you drive through residential streets versus MFU neighborhoods, there is a distinct difference in most (not all) cases.

The polarized extremist nut jobs on BOTH sides seem to have taken the steering wheel and one is yelling to drive us off a cliff the other yelling to drive straight into it and us sane people are just in the fetal position rocking back and fourth trying to wake up from this damn nightmare that the crazies have broke out the nut-barn and took over......Careful the BP gods will remove your post.  

I am looking to move as early as November of this year to get a second property closer to Washington DC (~ 1 hour drive). 

I wanted to clear one area surrounding price setting and contractors.

But even with white appliances, new laminant counters, new vinyl tub surround, you are still likely at 10-12k/door.  

The bottom line for me is that I drive every day.

Down the road, if the borrower is in a different situation and they want to use conventional financing, the loans that they personally guaranteed will count against their 10 properties financed when a conventional underwriter pulls a drive report.