"Equity shrinks pretty quickly when you sell".Thirdly, anybody tooting their own horn wants something from you . . . your money.Now, since I have 10,000,000 houses and $100,000,000,000 in equity, I can verify this is true.Seriously folks, question everything in life and you'll love me for learning that principal.You may ask, is the person answering my post an expert and is their opinion good?

Stonelink Property Management is solid and they are experts in that area.

Would be interesting to hear from Ithaca experts!

I have several short-term rentals down here & am an STR expert in the area.

Things went parabolic, and when you asked the experts when it would end, the answer was “never…it’s different this time.”  

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Check with Dan Rivers and Mike Savage - theyre the local STR experts. 

@Jay Hinrichs: Is the expert on pre-foreclosure in CA.

Or were the “experts” predicting a crash in 2019 as well? 

I'm no expert in STRs, but I do know that getting registered for a STR in Long Beach is difficult.