These are the first things I look at.Lastly if someone is advertising on BP, it’s not a bad or good thing - all it means when someone advertises on BP or pays BP to be promoted it just means they paid to be on the website.

If it’s empty, consider staging it with a few key pieces of furniture.

Maybe if i was 65 and wanted to get away and retire but still meet people, but I viewed it also as not sellable and as you mentioned at this time someone could have bought a piece of land for $50k or less and dropped tiny homes on it and saved 50%.

There is no "secret" that the big boys are doing necessarily, just incremental pieces of information, relationships, and knowledge that have been built up over time at scale. 

Yeah, that libra thing is kind of the missing piece.

The culture in our office is very supportive and promotes work/life balance, while still being competitive.

My last piece of advice....take it or leave it....being a landlord with your friend is a very different experience than just living with them in a rental.

My 2 pieces of advice are: 1.call Proper insurance, they specialize in short term rental insurance, 2.

If there are any books, podcasts, or other resources that you’ve found invaluable, I’d love to hear your recommendations.And finally, if you could go back to when you were buying your first property, what’s the one piece of advice you wish someone had given you?

Mind you, it's never wrong to bring any piece of information to the table but it's a good things to help putting it into perspective.