We have some great tools and past webinars to help you get started.

I'm biased because I work for Hospitable.com but a top tip for short-term rentals would be to look at tools that help you to automate hosting.

Density is one big tool in the fight to bring prices down . 

I'm also wondering if anybody knows the costs and rules for bringing in water and power to a piece of land in these areas, I know it's different for each property but is there any possible way to get estimates on bringing in water and power to a piece of land I want to purchase before actually buying the property so I can create a general budget for buikding a home.

We also do all the integrations for you as far as your marketing tools (Cold calling dialers like CallTools, websites like Carrot for example) as well as provide great customer success training showing you and your team how to use the system.I'd be happy to do a screen share meeting to show you or anyone on the the thread around and see if its a fit for you at this point in time  

BP has various tools to help you analyze your deals (rentals, flips, wholesale, etc). : https://www.biggerpockets.com/investment-calculators7.

You can leverage your money to purchase more property, you'll increase your return, you'll earn more, and you get tax benefits.Read a few books on real estate investing to learn the power of leverage.

What I think is a valuable tool/person to have in your corner now more than ever is an investment specialist or specifically STR specialist realtor that knows how to underwrite and thus knows how to find a good deal.

@Frank JakubiecIf you can make the numbers work hard money is a great tool if you are flipping properties or doing a BRRRR deal

By LESS BIG-power, MORE local power.