The mixed use you mentioned can be very judgmental by the city development group.  

You mention market appreciation is good for a $100k home - throw away the last four years and what was the appreciation from 2012-2019 - that is what you should be looking at.I saw this with people in shenandoah va raving about how appreciation is awsome etc (during covid) - of course it was everywhere was appreciating, but now that we are back to a more normal economy -- I would not look at the past few years appreciation and look back to prior to see if it truly is an appreciating area.

@Jon Martin You are right , if you don t know how to market a property and get direct reservations you should not attempt to co-host or triple net lease a property.You fail to mention that leases on a property can be as long as 30 years.Long leases are a way to give both property owners and management companies favorable terMs.

Like you mentioned, the equity is less, but the stability causes less headache.

I have a friend who also invested with this guy and she's received some small payments irregularly, but a small % compared of what she invested.I'll follow up on the items you mentioned to take action on, I appreciate the input!

I had to figure that out myself as well a couple of years ago haha as already mentioned, first things first, make sure you feel financially stable and secure. 

The nightly rate you're mentioning, $99 for a house that sleeps 10, is shocking when you consider the mortgage, cleaning fees, pool maintenance, and potential property management costs.

Like Gino mentioned East side has been a lower median income area and is on the rise, but is still block by block in large sections.

Certain forums and podcasts I listed to mentioned that pools are a big trend currently though they tend to be in newer developments that do not necessarily have views.

I will do the things exactly as you mentioned.