Your answers to the follow-on questions are super-helpful as I strategize my first house hack in the KC Metro.

You can still find single family properties that are listed that are bringing in 10% CoC and if you're strategic on location you're going to see some modest to good appreciation.  

STR are a "strategic game" that you have to be willing to go all in to make a property work.

Shopping: Tannersville Crossing Premium outlets: over 100 brand-name stores      Choosing a short-term rental strategically located near these attractions ensures that visitors can make the most of their time in the Pocono Mountains.

Go to your local REIA, become very educated and be able to provide value to someone where if you brought them a deal with a clean strategic plan of how you were to make money, then maybe someone partners with you on a deal.  

Let me know if you would like some help with coming up with a strategic game plan on finding a place here in PB to do this.https://www.sandiego.gov/treasurer/short-term-residential-oc...

You'll have to get really strategic in figuring out how to make it happen.

I also hope anyone reading this might find inspiration in my story to work toward their REI endeavors whether it be through investing, selling, strategizing or networking!

We need to be strategic.

These are all the guys I used watch: Max Maxwell, strategic real estate coach, Jerry Norton, Kris Krohn, Nick Ruiz, The Kwak Brothers, Mark lane, Masterinvestor 1, Flip Your First House, Gabe Dasilva, Phil Pustejovsky, and of course Bigger Pockets.