Even if it meant that we pay a few hundred bucks a month, at the end we get a whole house.

As Colin noted above it is hard to compete with the large players in the field.Where we found a better bang for our buck was getting on more channels like Marriott, Booking.com, and about 20 others. 

I'm unsure what the right path is, but I've been reading about investing in owner-occupied, multi-family properties.

Congrats on the 700 bucks but that's not going to get you anything for marketing.

In the US 5 Billion bananas are thrown away each year...that's 13.7 million a day-enough to feed a lot of hungry people and that is just one food item.

But by the end of the hard sales pitch at least 2/3 of the people stand in line to shell out big bucks for a week end boot camp to hear what the so called gurus have to say.

https://www.har.com/content/department/mlsHouston Real Estate Highlights in September, 2024:-Single-family home sales increased 1.7 percent year-over-year;-Days on Market (DOM) for single-family homes went from 45 to 51 days;-Total property sales were down 3.3 percent with 8,228 units sold;-Total dollar volume was statistically flat at $3.3 billion;-The single-family median price was up 1.1 percent to $335,000;-The single-family average price edged up by 0.3 percent to $415,435; -Single-family home months of inventory registered a 4.4-months supply, up from 3.4 months last September.

Investment Info:Small multi-family (2-4 units) buy & hold investment.

I currently work in the restaurant industry and a multi-unit manager so data analysis is in my blood.   

Does anyone have experience converting a multi condo unit house to simply a multi family property?