Quote from @Nicole Gauthier: Hello everyone,I have an active short term rental based in Houston, TX about 8 minutes from downtown.

I think that strategy works best in higher areas or mid term rentals near major employers.  

I’m open to brokerage inquiries and excited to contribute my skills to the local market.What I'm Looking For:I'm actively seeking "live and flip" opportunities to kickstart my real estate portfolio in Arizona.

A nightstand or dining with 70 pieces is a major bottleneck and keeps your team from moving onto other tasks, whereas one that is already assembled might cost $50-100 more but only takes minutes to unpack. 

The majority of the business I do is buying small multi families and identifying the towns that are more favorable for investing. 

Material participation in the rental activities still required. 

I was curious to learn more and liked the idea of niche diversification outside of my current active real estate business.

I live here and I haven't seen more FSBO but I'm seeing a lot more wholesaling activity.  

Minimal changes to effect common entrances, no major shifts in load bearing, easy plumbing changes for wherever the new kitchen would be... it's a lot of boxes to check. 

Examples:44109 (median home price went from roughly 50k to 125k in 8 years)https://www.zillow.com/home-values/77009/cleveland-oh-44109/ 44102 (median home price went from roughly 30k to 120k in 8 years)https://www.zillow.com/home-values/77002/cleveland-oh-44102/ 44106 (median home price went from roughly 100k to 200k in 8 years)https://www.zillow.com/home-values/77006/cleveland-oh-44106/ It has the highest rents on average in all of Ohio for major cities and the median home value is not even in the top 3.