There are 2 huge ongoing projects being the ongoing expansion of Pennovation which is the robotics labs and office space for UPenn.

I'm currently a buy and hold investor (utilizing various househacks), but I'm hoping to get into the STR space end of this year/early next year.In terms of your financing options, here are some things that come to mind (albeit may or may not apply to your situation):- Utilize second-home loan option (10% downpayment) if the property qualifies- Utilize a small local bank to see what loan options they may offer (perhaps some may have experience lending on STR?

I think what helped is offering what others don't; space for families, ample beds (but not crowding), nice outdoor space.

Plus, then you can either sell it with very little land if you want to keep space and options, or with most of the land if you want to avoid the upkeep of the land. what do you think you could sell the house for and how much does it ent for?

Normally you see people get into this space and they want a clean house as is and simply want to do cosmetics to it which seems easy enough.

Plenty of appraisers have little to no experience in STRs as this asset class (if one wants to even call it that) is relatively new in the REI space, and thus, the method suggested above is probably not that likely to succeed. 

I'm new to the space and are trying my hand in self management.

Purchase price: $1,730,000 Cash invested: $560,00014,000 SF 11-unit mix-use building consisting of 2 retail spaces and (9) second floor apartment units.

Examples: buying the run down property in close proximity to yours, filling a vacant commercial space with a neighborhood amenity near residential units you own...these are just examples.

Comes down to who you are dealing with, its very easy to find out who the buyer is, boils down to the wholesaler you are dealing with, which unfortunately many get a bad rap in the space.