You can read books about estimating and find calculators online, but the best way is just to do a couple projects and see how well you are doing.

Our first lead was very interested and eager to book but our dates did not align with pre-booked guests form Airbnb at that time as there was a bit of overlap from ending our STR and transitioning to MTR.

I have never taken a course, read a RE book or been ot a guru seminar and have done it all.

First invested a solid chunk of money into a flipping mentorship, listened to every BP Rookie episode ever made, more podcasts, more books, more phone calls, and finally landed a really cool position working for an investor in my area.

Make sure you look at their booking history and check out some of their listings to see review scores.

Our daily pace report, which compares booked revenues to-date versus a year ago, shows the following:September +19.4%October +17.8%November +19.1%That doesn't mean this is where we end up for these months, just that more vacationers are planning ahead for stays, versus one year ago.  

Please make sure you are educating yourself (let me know if you need a list of books) and does not miss-calculate the expenses. 

That said I would dig deeper and look at properties with each amenity- see how well each books out and their ADR.

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BRRRRs are really tough right now with interest rates high, rents flat, contractors booked up, and tremendous competition for deals.i always get nervous with HELOCs as down payment because it can mean that you're not well capitalized.