Hi Mike,BiggerPockets, Meetup.com and Eventbrite are great platforms to search local meetups.

Contrary to popular belief, this is not set because I believe it will give me a higher return.

Queen sized beds are more popular, and King-sized beds are rare in MTR which makes them an attractive option.

I am trying to get my str accounting streamlined and they seem to have a robust platform but my experience with 3rd-party remote accounting firms was shaky in the past.

STRs are super popular in Charleston, but there's a lot of regulation now that's only getting worse, as well as some saturation issues.HOI costs will be higher east of I95 in SC for the most part.

My brother was also stationed in Germany when he was in the Army and actually just bought his first house there.Baltimore is a popular market to househack and get your feet your feet wet in investing.Happy to answer any questions you may have.

Popular places to vacation are always a good bet.I suppose there are some developments coming in some states that will drive more tourism.Beach, lake, mountains, etc.

I am currently using Avail which I found to be a very intuitive light weight platform to get started.  

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