But also I was under the impression most travelers are small groups / couples where a private studio works best.

I'm impressed!

The wanted me to use wood but luckily we "met in the middle" and I was able to use Composite which is a bit cheaper than wood.  

I got the impression that they migrate around from job to job, living out of motels or short term house rentals for the duration of each opportunity. 

I think the crux of my concern is that i would prefer to buy and hold and repeat, but I get the impression he and his wife are concerned about being able to make a clean/concise split at the end of the "sale" which would require a flip. 

My impression was that the sellers know what they're doing.

I've been using Beyond Pricing for the last ~6 weeks and haven't been all that impressed, I'm planning to cut them off and go back to manual pricing even though it's more of a pain.  

I was under the impression anything under 4 units could still qualify for residential loans.  

I used it for backsplash and was really impressed with the outcome.

I do wish they would repair the sign that was knocked down from the storm with an impressive replacement.