Here's a quick summary:Manchester: STR demand could come from business travelers, especially near Hartford.Canton: Lower demand unless near outdoor recreation areas.Southington: Strong option with year-round tourists (skiing, Lake Compounce).Bristol: Good potential with ESPN and tourist attractions.Berlin: May have less demand unless near major highways.Focus on properties near attractions or business centers to keep occupancy high.

ROBS designed to invest retirement funds into an active business.

(Also, ask them who they use to design it.)

This probably should have minimally been a yellow flag and an indicator that the group may not have been buying at attractive cap rates.7.

And most of the time I'm buying in areas that do just fine attracting non-S8 tenants.There are a lot of "gurus" out there pushing this as a strategy though, and that's where all this is coming from.

You can use furnishedfinder, zillow (free), as well as other STR sites that also attract MTR guests (VRBO, Booking.com, etc).

If you wanted the REP designation in the future, you can have your signficant other qualify and that would allow you to qualify (e.g. a stay at home wife) or you can take a consulting role resulting in the real estate being your full time gig.

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I believe greater emphasis should be placed on why this unit continually  attracts terrible tenants.

I’m currently working with a really attractive build-to-rent development here that’s approaching completion.