You should get more nights in the smaller property that can still easily accommodate a family traveling, but is still inexpensive enough to make sense to solo travelers.Cleaning fee impact: Don't you collect this back from your guests?

Our STR/MTR portfolio typically sees around 80% occupancy, and I’ve noticed that the online travel booking sites often push properties with consistently great guest experiences.

We are both nurse and plan to travel for a good portion of this time, so 'living' in the small 1br or studio apartment for residence purposes will not be a major issue for us since we will rarely be there.

Travel time has been treated unfavorably by courts, with a few exceptions.

It's a good idea to schedule your own safety inspections, including checking for smoke detectors and carbon monoxide alarms.3.

Due to our love of traveling and hating the negatives that LTR brings along, we prefer STR and offering the same memorable experiences to travelers that we have experienced when traveling.

Compliance items such as adding smoke detectors, hand rails, fire resistant garage entry-door and new stairs outside.

We travel for work (healthcare) and chronically live out of MTRs, so it will be our first time operating a shorter term, but won’t be an entirely foreign situation to us.

This will save you time and effort, as you won’t have to travel long distances to manage different properties or handle tenant issues.For your first investment, I suggest starting with 2-4 unit properties.

I have a solution that I do myself once a year.Here's one of my best tips: go on Airbnb as a TRAVELER, in Traveler mode.