@Kristian Forbes Short of doing another house hack or negotiating the purchase price down a fair amount, I think that's going to be a tough one to make the numbers work.

As a Pacific Northwest native, I’ve seen firsthand how the region’s unique blend of natural beauty, vibrant cities, and year-round attractions make it an incredible place for short-term rental (STR) investments.

In the meantime we are talking to the property manager to find other STR's in the area so we can support a fair market STR rent. 

Keep it short term with only a year in mind.

Tax deductions / write-offs should be a second concern.There are some rules that you need to follow to treat a short-term rental as 'active'(non passive) income which would allow you to offset it against other forms of income such as rental income / wages.

My name is Max Nelson, I am a Bay Area based Investor with a single Family home in Santa Cruz, CA that is a Short Term/Mid Term Rental and a Duplex in Bend, Oregon.

There are only 2 ways, as I see it in the current market, to get actual income/cash flow from a rental property - a paid off long term/mid term property or a well bought short term or rent by the room rental.

Once the work was complete, I refinanced to pay off the hard money loan and held the property as a long-term asset.This duplex also marked the start of my short-term rental journey—we ran our first Airbnb from one of the apartments before scaling to bigger projects.

This means you’ll pay short-term capital gains tax at your regular income tax rate.2.

Could stocks drop a lot very shortly - sure.