@Kevin L. buy a home that you can improve and add value, including turning the garage into an ADU.Also, take the ugliest room and rent out the rest to generate income to offset the mortgage payment or to accrue cash for improvements or additional investments.

Well, I list a few reasons:  great teaching style, comprehensive beginning to end explanation, excellent customer service, live-time reviewing of training, a 40K forum. 

I started my STR without a pool heater and added that after generating some cash flow, but again that really depends on the current condition.

Is it generational wealth, or potential cashflow, or diversifying your retirement? 

Banks and institutional servicers are not usually willing to get involved and assist customers and stick to the servicing agreement to the letter to avoid liabilities, and that makes good business sence, but we adminstered deals that were underwritten and failure was not an option!

We have done nearly a decade of actual conversion analysis, and that is the reason no one figured lead generation out and why so many simply do it wrong.Drop these "companies" and focus on generating your own leads through SEO. 

There's a lot of ways to lose on 2nds but there is also a lot of ways to generate solid returns and higher interest yields with this strategy.

Seasonal profits take a little more work here, but generate a much higher cashflow than SF's.

Sure, but I agree that until you really know your problems with scale you can't justify the cost of a custom or premium software solution.

Duplexes, triplexes, or small apartment buildings allow you to generate more rental income while spreading the risk across multiple units.