From my experience, the reps at section 8 truly want to find suitable housing for their voucher holders hence I would be very suprised if they lowered the rent beyond the current rate.

This doesn't mean that you shouldn't be ambitious with your objectives, as long as you're realistic.I have years of experience with short-term rentals in Mexico but I'm not sure how useful that can be to you since I invest in beach markets where there is mass tourism and visitors rent for one or multiple weeks so it's fairly different.

I just signed a consultancy agreement with a data center developer who is currently looking to purchase property suitable for data center development within the Commonwealth of Virginia.

@Daniel Purcell with City of New Orleans being so restrictive, is there a neighboring City that seems to have less of an issue with STRs and is still fairly accessible to all the things visitors are interested in?

In order to make it a 2 bedroom suitable for tenants, I would absolutely add doors to the bedrooms.

Neither scenario is a suitable environment for investment. 

Just quick math Adsense for 10,000 visitors gets you around $450-500/mo. 10,000 visitors takes good content and some healthy traffic generation.You'd have to pay someone to do that so deduct that from your net income.

However, there are reputable websites that offer a wide range of house plans suitable for various purposes, including spec homes.

To determine the most suitable strategy for you, it would be beneficial to connect and discuss your situation in more detail within PM.

I have a suitable lender that can qualify me in any city or state.