I want to get involved in the plans for the future, the financial goals of the owner, protecting the longevity and condition of the properties, maximizing income potential while also treating tenants like paying customers with fairness, care and respect.

What you wrote would be ideal scenario.

The motel we offered on was utilizing Airbnb solely for rooms, and I think there’s good opportunity to utilize STR OTAs and hotel booking sites to bring in customers.

Keep it local, ideally within 20min!

 I suggest setting clear goals and outlining your desires and requirements for your ideal investment properties.

If your goal is to keep acquiring investment properties, going the DSCR route for future purchases would be ideal, as they do not report on credit(with me, the lender of course). 

Tough neighborhoods still, but plenty of fixer uppers and low cost plots make it ideal for scrappy individual investors looking to get started on the cheap.

So for each type your customer base is quite different and with it your operations/management is different. 

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