Take a year, travel to the area a few times and get to know the market.  

While I do tell people they should have travel insurance, especially planning a trip to SWFL during hurricane season, I also try to be understanding under special circumstances.  

They travel the country setting up free introductory courses in Holiday Inns.1977 - Robert Allen, a California single family home investor, riding the California inflationary price increases.published a book “Nothing Down’ and crosses the country with his own “introductory workshop”.

I did STR in a duplex starting back in 2017 and managed for others in North Conway, Ive since converted to all long term tenants and happy i did so... unless your property has something unique or a "rare" amenity.... like, sleeps 30, I honestly would not waste any energy on it in the north Conway area. so saturated, and so much big money being invested in the hotels, its tough to match amenities vs cost, and I see travelers trending back towards the hotel style accommodations. granted, for the right price, I'd buy anything and figure out what the best use for it is. use airdna.co for decent data on # of Short term rentals in any particular market. can also identify opportunities. the point of my response.... be careful in STR in any area and always have a plan B. you can change a lot of things about a property, but your cant change your basis!

Hi there, when my family and I travel, we simultaneously use that trip to look at potential investment properties.

No penalty to let project die slow death and collect salary, travel and advertising money from it.This is data, everyone should make their own data driven decision based on it.

Mold spores travel through the air you know and im scared to bring any of my things to another apartment.  

You're going to have cancelations because nobody OOS can safely travel.

When I was traveling in Europe, Airbnb's often included a bottle of wine.

Here's an article about this topic by one of our speakers, @Natalie Kolodij: https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/write-off-bpcon-travel-as...We hope to see you in Cancun!