Then we had a bunch of cap ex (roof, water heater, appliances) all needing to be replaced within a 2 year period.

Lazy River, water slides, gym, restaurant/ bar, etc).Themed rooms - make the bedrooms attractive by theming them with characters (Disney, Harry Potter, Star Wars, etc).Games Room - these are often located in a garage conversion or a left area.  

I had some ideas also which could be like a hot tub or sauna games (pool,video games, airhockey ETC).

Hi Aaron,Jump in -- the water is fine! 

Where I'm at there are investment groups that have pooled funds where they will bid on every house up for auction - and they have plenty of cash to win any auction if they really want it.  

Real Estate Crowdfunding: Pool funds with other investors to participate in real estate projects.

But if you're Househacking then you need to take away the income for one of those units because you'll be living in that unit.I don't see water, sewage or garbage either. 

Remember on a flip, it is not what you like but what the buyer pool likes . . . made those mistakes early on and you learn that you do what the masses will want.

Some of the countries finest beaches including but not limited to Pensacola, Navarre, and Destin are 3 or so hours from Montgomery for easy weekend trips to the waters of the Gulf of Mexico.The City of Montgomery is the Capital of Alabama with a robust economic environment that has produced multiple awards of excellence at the Chamber of Commerce level.

I am watching him because he has some great insights and his failures will keep me from making those same mistakes.I'm doing my first STR in North Phoenix (Near Scottsdale) in a $725,000 5 bed 3 bath full house with pool that I bought and I'm using high end design, so my experience will be totally different than his.