Oftentimes when municipalities ban STRs they will grandfather in existing operators, but if you are mid build when they do that you’re screwed  Once you’ve identified a list of “safe” markets, compare them on Airdna to see where you can likely charge the most (I’m assuming building costs will be more or less similar, so you might as well pick the area where you can earn more revenue)Also, in this market you may be able to pick up land with seller financing instead of having to buy in cash or traditional financing … potentially low or no money down, and won’t affect your personal DTI.

The intent of this post was to try and identify where we’d get the most bang for our buck. 

We also identified that we do not have an eye for design and theme and it is hard for us to make something of a blank canvas.

Identify your goals-- what do you want to get out of real estate investing?

Identify yourself and what properties you have.

And then identify what your skills currently are, where are you strong and weak and then align them to what the market needs.If you have a big fear of losing money, then fix and flip will likely keep you up at night.

The agent can validate that it's a neighborhood where you should be buying, where you can resell for your target ARV, that there are no issues that would be hard to identify without being on site.2. 

Have you ever identified more than three replacement properties in a 1031 tax exchange?

Utilize PropStream or BatchLeads to identify cash transactions and skip trace the buyers involved.

Great we identified New Port Richey, Hudson, and most of Pasco County as the place I would recommend.