The expectation established fell far short given all the mistakes and poor advice.

This means there may be less competition from professional investors, especially in areas where the demand for owner-occupied homes is strong.In short, if you are just entering the real estate market and don’t yet have the capital to compete directly with investors for multifamily properties, focusing on single-family homes could be a more strategic choice.

Once you have a short list, get an account with each one and run them through the wringer to see how they function.

STR stands for short term rental

Trying to decide between doing long term rental or short/mid term rental.

I asked them, what do you usually short sale properties at %?

And also being next to a base Im thinking about short term renting, or Air BNB How did you finance this deal?

My wife briefly help a friend manage their monthly short term rental in San Francisco while they were traveling and have a few friends that do it.Monthly rentals seem to book pretty well, but not at a significant premium to long term term rentals. 

A landlord looks a t how much the property will make long term.A flipper looks at how much in a short term .

Best thing to do is think about what you want, what your short term (5 year) and longer term goals are.