It offers flexibility as a landlord to be able to offer more or less rooms as needed, protection to the landlord in that you can hedge with adding LTR or STR to the mix, and simplification to the business as your only dealing with one address.

You are particularly interested in short-term and long-term rentals, promising ROI, and locations with a mix of affordability and growth opportunities.Being willing to move and live in a part of a 1-4 unit property will help you get better financing, for sure, and require less down.

Finally in the mix we had Covid, which pushed a lot of people out of big cities up to our beautiful area with lakes, rivers, mountains, etc. and housing inventory is crushed! 

For commercial buildings, be very specific - price range, $/door max, unit count, unit mix, part of town.

I have been reading mixed reviews.

I'm coming from smaller scale mixed use development and fundraising.

I have purchased turnkeys over the years and have had mixed results.

If mixed in with your deposits and reserve funds, you may accidentally spend money you shouldn't have.

You want to mix in advertisements with quality content that people will want to read such as DIY articles, market statistics, and popular housing trends.

The airfare, though, is usually 100% deductible even if you mix business with some pleasure.