I have lived in Wisconsin and upstate New York in the past and have a decent amount of knowledge of those areas — but obviously need help.

If you're going to work with contractors, collect rent from tenants, or try to bed the hot chick at the bar, you better learn to recognize warning signs and get out early. 

Exception would be body soap, I order 15 packs of Greenwich Bay on Amazon because they come in 1.9 oz bars, smell nice and have a high end look in package.

Consider Charles Lindbergh’s 1927 solo flight from New York to Paris.

Move out of New York would be my first thought .   

A handy search bar in the upper right makes it easy to find previous discussions, blogs, podcasts, and other resources.

A handy search bar in the upper right makes it easy to find previous discussions, blogs, podcasts, and other resources.

The only nice things in Elmira is the food at the dive bars.

Quote from @Mike Pepperday: Does anyone know, or have experience with tiny home short term rentals in the western New York area?

Hi @Leon Jamison,I can recommend my contractor. my project was $420K, 7months, funded through 203K. we went slightly over schedule (10months),mainly due to a few failed/ repeat inspections, but we were able ton finish under budget.TBH, Im actually doing a second multi family reno project in the heights, New York Ave with the same contractor beginning March 2025.Anyways, you're bound to have issues when working with any contractor.