Focus on absentee owners and start with the ones who live the farthest away and only own one property in the area since they have the least use for the property.You can also drive for dollars, looking for anomalies of disrepair and then look them up in the tax records and use a site like Spokeo to do cheap skip tracing.

Look for investors who have capital but lack time or experience—networking on BiggerPockets, LinkedIn, REIAs, and local investor events is key.

Do you have an idea of how much money you're looking to spend on/invest in a property?

I think younger travelers and groups with younger guests find this more appealing.

Just look that up.

My profile has my YouTube channel and I have an episode that shows you exactly how to create the comp set and look at amenities that matter, what others are paying for cleaning and how other listings look - that way you can see how to best market your property. 

Currently, a hurdle that I am looking to get over is securing lending that will also have renovation costs built into the actual loan amount.

Are you looking to invest into a passive vehicle or are you able to utilize the funds in more of an active capacity?

Looking forward to connecting.

I also learned about what to look for and how to use data to style a home for the purposes of a STR.