A few tips to get started: focus on networking with local investors, attend meetups or join online forums, and consider reading books like "The Millionaire Real Estate Investor" or "Rich Dad Poor Dad."

When the pandemic hit and the visiting scholars had to back out of their leases, I slashed the rents and advertised on Furnished Finder but my units are not particularly conveniently located near hospitals and the area hotels were offering to house visiting nurses for tax write offs.

If they put up any sort of resistance, that could be a cue to start digging a little deeper and documenting a bit more thoroughly (hence the doorbell camera coverage tip I put first - installing the cameras right away and then having the new lease conversation with the tenants afterward is very easy to frame as "I'm just a new owner putting some TLC into the property and doing my due diligence on the leases/tenants"; talking to your residents first, finding out they have extra people living there who aren't on the lease, and then installing cameras around the property could set you up for a very adversarial relationship with your inherited tenants). 

Thanks for these tips!

STRs generate about as much hotel tax revenue as the hotels/resorts so there is support at higher levels:  https://poconosvro.wildapricot.org/Economic-ImpactLocal regulation is rough.  74 municipalities each with their own zoning and STR ordinances plus most of the housing stock is in planned communities, many were built as vacation/resort summer homes.  

Additionally, if there are any resources or tips you'd recommend for a beginner like me to excel in the REI bookkeeping realm, I would be grateful for them.Thanks in advance for your guidance!

She also told me they had a home-fire and are staying in a hotel and want to move in asap.

If you have any tips about house hacking or real estate in general it would all be appreciated!

These are great tips, Allen!

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