With that said, the lowest price is not always the best deal - a good property manager is worth their weight in gold. 

You then weight that against your current cost of living.

You can look at it from a mindset of abundance and think of the upside of what you say may carry more weight as a real estate professional and etc or you can look at it from a mindset of scarcity and you can look at the cons and think your putting yourself at risk.

Good photos are literally worth their weight in gold.Reviews can only hurt you by convincing someone who is already interested in booking not to book … so do whatever you can to keep your guests happy.

In the same manner, anybody that is worth their weight in the multifamily investing space started with a vision and needed some kind of guidance.

I'm weighting the pros and cons of short-term vs long-term to see what would be better.

most sellers want pre approval letters.. there are HML that will just give them out willy nilly just for asking .. sharp sellers know who those are and wont put any weight into those pre approvals. 

AKA your personal contacts are your best assets and a great shot to get the word out about your business – not to mention their word carries the most weight with prospects.

If you are an active investor, you will bring repeat, regular business and be easy to work with, which also carries a lot of weight with an agent.

At the under 10k range, negotiating typically goes upwards (think multiple offers) as land values do hold some weight.