And good luck to whatever you choose to do.

Most importantly, choose a market that aligns with your goals!

It is important to remember you own real estate in the Poconos and you are choosing to operate a STR business.

You start with a base line and introduce variables to determine their effect.You can see what trends have happened if you choose to, that may be of interest to you, but that isn't what currently interests me.

There are plenty of fish in the sea AKA tenants to choose from. 

Now many escrows will require that the seller sign off on the EMD release, which can be frustrating since most contracts say it should be a unilateral function (buyer automatically gets their EMD back if they cancel within the option period), but if a seller chooses to be a jerk and not sign it, the EMD could be frozen in escrow, so don't use your rent money for it. 

Hi Natasha,You can choose between the two.

A lot depends on the team you put in place versus the market you choose.

@Travis Timmons I think the key is to try and include a simple "one sheet" explaining 2 or at the most 3 options for them to choose from. 

Then you can choose to get a roommate to make extra money.