The newest outdoor is still advertising 1st month free as they haven't filled up, and I spoke with the climate controlled owner/builder yesterday (he's a pretty big REI in the area), and he made it sound like he hadn't leased a single climate controlled unit since they opened a few weeks ago.I recently purchased a 140x45 warehouse with low ceilings and had debated doing self storage, but my market seems very saturated.

It's only dead if you are spending too much on your purchase.  

I'd say it would be important to see how much more you would make renting MTR.

It would be like if someone prepared to sell by painting to create fresh visual interest, but chose fuscia and lime green...those colors would certainly catch the eye but I'd never claim that they overdid the curb appeal by painting with too much visual interest.

The key thing to remember about STR in Cashiers is that our "season" is really only about 12-16 weeks.

Hey @Tom Dieringer, so the Expedia Group has a market cap of 21+ billion so I wouldn't worry too much about them.

How much harder is it to run an STR on a subleased property?

@Elijah Berg ‘a lot of sweat equity in 1 week’’?

PM fees are high, exactly because so much work is required in managing STR.  

All of that is pretty cut and dry.