I generated the list by combining Zillow's smooth, seasonally adjusted home value dataset (ZHVI) with their rent index (ZORI) for metro areas.

All this can happen within 30-60 days unless your town has a specific perc season and you don't have sewer access.   

Seems like a good option is STR during peak season and MTR in other times of year.

We own and manage two and one is particularly difficult during the shoulder (slow) seasons.

I wanted to share the numbers and want to make sense if it's a good deal for us according to what we are looking for.Price: $450k (agent said that we can get it down to $420k)2 Units (1 bedroom in each unit)Mortgage with 3 year fixed comes up to around $2.3kInsurance and tax is roughly $400Rent per unit is $1.4k so if we move out then total rent comes up to $2.8kThere's a detached ADU (garage) that can give us another $100-$150 if we rent it for storage and there's a scope of converting it into another unit later on.So currently rough calculation says that it can cashflow up to $300 per month.

The data points they use made me feel like it got my pricing right and I feel much more confident about what my nightly and seasonal rates are now. 

If you’re referring to the “newbies” with $10k to their name that watch a video by Pace and get excited and pay for joining, go out with their last $5k and do a sub to with a “desperate” homeowner without revealing all the possible consequences (because they are unaware of the consequences through lack of experience and lack of knowledge and or choose not to inform the seller) then I agree, it’s probably going to turn out badly for all concerned.If on the other hand you’re referring to a seasoned investor with excellent credit, significant cash reserves, who wants to add a property to their portfolio without going through loan qualifying, and can pay enough to give the seller “walking away” money because of the low existing interest rates and or, and is dealing with a informed seller, then I find nothing wrong or negative about the transaction.  

While we sympathized with their situation and wanted to help during the holiday season, we decided to stick with our policy of returning deposits only after move-out.

You say things like "It was understood that I would continue to utilize the garage and one room for storage as I transitioned to living out of state."

Can I charge them fees & rent for storage of their crap?