I didn’t have the time or inclination to do the STR until we had a broad base of LTRs to help bridge the financial gap that we encounter in the slow season.  

Instead he put stickers on the windows to make it look new.

I'm curious if this uptick is due to many investors being involved in hard money loans and now facing the need to refinance, unexpectedly encountering significantly higher interest rates compared to a few years back.

My ultimate goal is to invest in multi-family properties, but I've encountered difficulties in raising capital.

Encountered the same problem recently looking at a deal that was comped as if it pertains to residential comps in the area and if you cut the asking price by 50% than you get to the valuation based on NOI which is more realistic....

In particular, I'd suggest asking those folks about what types of challenges they encountered, lessons they learned, and mistakes they made with OOS REI ...It's a lot easier, safer, quicker, and cheaper to learn from other peoples' mistakes than to make your own...Good luck out there!

Just after the sticker shock of a reset is probably not the time to rush into a decision.  

They are expensive (don’t be fooled by the sticker price, on a per/lb basis all packaged and prepared foods are expensive) and are well…full of crap.

Insurance might be another issue you encounter, though. 

Thus far, I encountered two scammers.