Whereas I (and others) continually urge them to stop being lazy and do their own research....go on VRBO and ABNB and look at the competition. 1) What are they charging?

Respond within minutes to each one, as tenants often go with the first responsive option.Ensure you have high-quality photos that make your property stand out against the competition.

On-site lodging gives our venue a competitive advantage over others without lodging, and also provides us an income stream on non-event nights (by renting them on Airbnb/VRBO/direct).https://www.battengreen.com/

The tough part about New Jersey is that it is very competitive and very tight on inventory right now.

Avoid PMI and then go to a local credit union and get a heloc after closing to gift the money back.Have this as a tool in your tool belt but pursue use of the 3.5% FHA, knowing that you will be at a competitive disadvantage if you are competing with non FHA buyers, then you can call in the favor from your gift person.Just know that if someone gifts you down payment money, your bank will require them to sign a letter stating that it is in fact a gift that doesn’t need to be paid back.

Since few lenders have the stomach to do this, it’s also been a great competitive advantage for our business.This horrifies almost every private lender I know.

As Andrew mentioned, you will have to be very price competitive to get January and February bookings.

It m in the Tampa Florida area and it's very competitive.  

Congratulationswhat you’ve found that both the INVESTMENT side of real estate, and theBUSINESS side are very competitive; therefore profit margins are compressed, so those “home runs” people like to bragg about are actually quite rare.  

We have an extremely competitive market, huge demand and low inventory.