As we’re beginning to get a grasp on the scale of the challenges ahead we wanted to highlight a few areas of note and concern that is already influencing the local and national real estate market.

In my case, I have residential rentals in one LLC, commercial properties in another, self-storage in a third, and my real estate company operates in a fourth.

This is why its difficult if not impossible to sell a STR for any more than property value - the market perceives that the additional profitability of a STR doesn't belong to the STR operator - it belongs to the App platform.If you can migrate to "independence", i.e. self generated business, then not only will you have a long term sustainable business, but a good chance to sell the STR for a substantial premium to real property value. 

Hi Ella, welcome aboard,Your post about your real estate ambitions, encompassing the purchase, renovation, and sale of properties, as well as the ownership of Airbnb rentals, is indeed an exciting endeavor.

Pending Did you work with any real estate professionals (agents, lenders, etc.) that you'd recommend to others?

Welcome to the world of real estate investing!

any South Carolina investors, contractors or anyone in the real estate field in SC wants to connect?

I myself don't have a lot of appetite for risk which is why I started investing in real estate.

I am newbie in real estate and I don't have much experience in real estate. 

OTM = General, overhead/widescreen view of nationwide market tends.BPRE = Detailed ways specific people are making money in real estate.