Then you can read a more in-depth book like The Book On Rental Property Investing by Brandon Turner or The Unofficial Guide to Real Estate Investing by Spencer Strauss.2.

One challenge was getting the hotel occupancy up after renovation since no one had booked or stayed in years so there was no existing guest base.

I stick with the main OTAs and have added GVR since I believe that one could materialize but trying to get direct bookings is also difficult.  

If anything, I'm able to be a resource for them because I've read the entire book and have access to calculators here on BP to help them run analyses.

In my book, I share an example of a DIY Landlord who lost over $20,000 in two years with just one of her five properties.

AFter the GFC we had to provide a big book on all our new builds that had all the signed lien releases in them after about 30 or 40 homes we built title company was finally OK giving us early issue without back up.We dont see that as much with fix and flips.. 

Start by educating yourself with foundational books like The Millionaire Real Estate Investor and practicing deal analysis using tools like BiggerPockets calculators.

I'm a 2x house hacker in LA and a case study in the Bigger Pockets Book, "The House Hacking Strategy."

Ben Franklin used similar advice to turn an enemy into a friend (although his was asking to borrow a book).There are some caveats here, you cannot be wasting time thus you need to demonstrate that you are taking action. 

Saturation is definitely upon us but quality product continues to get booked just like other markets.