My goals would be to increase monthly cash flow and have more access to the property's equity for things like Cap Ex, etc....Here's a blurb from a lender's website:"By combining banking functionality with home financing into one dynamic instrument, borrowers are able to save tens of thousands of dollars and years off their loan""Designed after popular programs around the world, the All In One First Lien HELOC is the nation’s first transactional offset type-mortgage program.Home financing and banking combined:Deposits lower your loan’s principalFunds remain available for expensesInterest is calculated on the average daily balanceThis lowers the monthly interest paymentsTens of thousands of dollars can be saved over the life of the loanMortgage freedom can be achieved in half the time or less

Focus on incremental progress and set a goal to purchase your first property within 1-2 years.Good Luck!

I hadn't planned on using Airbnb or VRBO, but I suppose this could change depending on my progress using Furnished Finder.

Peer-to-Peer:  Popular apps that allow anybody to pay each other. 

Clear goals will help you make the most of these great networking opportunities.Best of luck, and I look forward to hearing more about your progress!

If STR's are popular in the market you are in likely there is a designer who will pick out and set up your entire place.3 - Go yourself. 

What is really happening at Upright and did your contacts provide details about liquidation progress for the investors? 

Quote from @Mo Karim: With every increasing regulations on short term rentals, midterm rentals is becoming more popular with investors. 

The best way to find the next good market is to find the hot ones near you and go two towns out in each direction and see which one is progressing more.

Tile isn’t as popular in Northern New England.