Cabins are a different beast, I have 10 at another campground I built- Broad River Campground located in Mooresboro, NC (Has Cabins/Domes/RV Sites, Tent Sites)Cabins are sexy to talk about for sure, but you are now entering the hotel business my friend.

I think they used to be more helpful in the past and they made some changes and now they're not so valuable.I see weird and different values for my Airbnb stats depending on if I'm using my laptop or phone to view them.

If you are limited to those areas for residency, and you choose to keep that job, you are going to have to either a) wait for a couple years and save up a heftier down-payment, b) change your strategy like you said and go for houses further away (do flips, STR or BRRR).Or, if you are sold on the house-hack concept, at some point you might have to look at a different job that allows you to move where house-hacking will work....

Although this is going to be different with a shared kitchen.

People love Vegas and it continues to bring new businesses (Hollywood 2.0) and sports teams, just look into different investment strategies. 

Labor/material are going to be different and need to factor that in4) new roof, new HVAC, new water heater, ac panel, replacing plumbing to PVCThese are very variable, if you are getting this from a licensed guy to do it and unlicensed.. is it a big shop or a local shop doing it, is the GC doing it they will put some money on the top so it will be more money5) framing (creating new bedrooms or baths)I would get all these quoted from a good couple of licensed guys and unlicensed to know your numbers to cents

You will have the opportunity to meet like minded individuals with all different levels of investing. 

VRBO does it differently and only gives you the possible guest's star rating.

Using these, you should be able to get most maintenance issues addressed in less than 90 days.One other thing, different tenants prioritize different repairs.

Samuel,When you use the term "Bridge loan" it can pertain to a few different things.