I bet a decent single-family home with a garage should bring in $1,600 on the low end, which means you are missing out on $12,000 a year!

Listing them on Furnished Finder, Aribnb, VRBO and Zillow for 30+ day stays are likely your best bets.

I really see Columbus Ohio as an extremely safe bet for the next 10-20 years.

I am willing to bet more than 80% of the people trying their "luck" at REI fail, miserably.This obviously tells you something truly is wrong with this niche/model!

I think they are making a risky bet w this property, buying at a 5 cap rate, loan is fixed at 5.7% and 2 new properties about to open very nearby and who knows how many in construction phaseVillas at Sundance | Investment Opportunity (vikingcapllc.com)You are very lucky to live in Austin, fastest growing big city in country, and a micro-cosm of the global economy, this too gives you an educational edge

This makes it a safer bet than unpredictable market investments.

Your best bet is to consult with a few contractors to get some bids and go from there. 

It would be best to get it from friends and familyThose with little experience are struggling to raise money (I am in a group with 20+ syndicators and everyone is raising less and those who are first timers are basically drying up after first $500k-$1M)As mentioned syndication route would be your best bet but make sure to have a great plan in place on what you are going to do and how you will exit

I lived off of those commission notes for first half of the 80s.. not always did i have to do that but I bet I stack up 100k or more of those notes and in early 80s that was real money LOL..

That's a very fair explanation.....I bet most people never think about that...