BTW, my year to date has been on par with last year with ADR up a bit and occupancy down a bit (which I prefer) and my fall is looking stable given I’m in the hurricane prone area of SWFL. 

I just did the math myself and you're looking at $300/mo per property or something like that (of course depends on where you are and what you buy).Take it slower - buy one very good property (preferably a serious fixer) and get it done, then Re-Fi and keep moving....

I prefer someone holding the CRE designation to perform the study, although MAI designees are usually also qualified.  

Hi Shiwei,You’re going to hear many opinions about which markets are great for investing, but I prefer to let the data do the talking.

As for "who might be the preferred operators"?

In 12209 you want to be on Delaware Ave or preferably west of it. 12208 is the area around Albany Med/Law schools which has a lot of good neighborhoods but prices are higher and cap rates are low.

There are some sub 75k deals out there that would make great buy, repair, rent and hold properties but I'd prefer to be able to preserve my own capital as much as possible to knock out quite a few deals this year and in the next several years. 

Accountants and larger property owners leap to Quickbooks because that is the preferred program that accountants know and use, and accountants I know generally prefer to avoid having to work with multiple accounting software suites, which is understandable, though a disservice to small firms. 

-Appraisals seem to come in low a higher percentage of time than with conventional loansAs a listing agent, this is the order of preference for how the loan on an offer looks1) All Cash No Contingencies2) All Cash Some Contingencies3) Hard Money Local Hard Money Lender4) High Down Payment Conventional Loan5) Low Down Payment Conventional Loan5) FHA/VA Loan6) FHA/VA Rehab Loan7) Hard Money National Lender

I prefer Airbnb but worst case scenario I could always long term I suppose.