High occupancy rates can indicate a profitable rental market.Seasonality: Analyze seasonal trends to understand peak times and adjust your pricing strategy accordingly.3.

The LTV ratio must be:75% or less, if the seasoning of the mortgage loan is between two and five years.80% or less, if the seasoning of the mortgage loan is greater than five years.Hope this helps! 

HOWEVER, very important to understand is that these 3 month seasoning products are VERY expensive.

You'd be surprised how often a deal can happen using this strategy but it is also important to run the numbers and make sure your COC return, etc are in line with your expectations.Probably the lowest risk is partnering because a seasoned investor will verify the deal (hence their participation) and likely take care of the initial money required.

BiggerPockets is full of resources designed to help you along your journey, whether you are just getting started or a seasoned investor.

I do think the seasonal factor is huge.

Should I just bite the bullet and hire a bookkeeper? 

Any thoughts and comments welcome as I am very new and open to learning from seasoned investors.

It has my peak seasons 2-3 times higher then my competitors but I think it's way too high and I'm going to have to drop prices dramatically later to get a booking.

In a lot of cases, you will probably have to bite the bullet here unless you decide to be ok with the broker taking it in the wrong way.