I'd have to ask....have you segmented your market area so that those "few hundred" are being directed to the best prospects.

The percentage of smokers is small and falling each year, so you would be catering to an increasingly smaller segment of the population that tends to be poorer.

Figure out your rental rate and your tenant profile, provide the best rental to that segment.

Single-family home sales fell 22.8 percent year-over-year, the seventh consecutive decline of 2022 as the market returns to pre-pandemic levels;All housing segments experienced negative sales in October.

I'll step back from your house plans for a moment.I see real estate investing as covering two major segments:1) True real estate investing, and2) Real estate businesses.You can invest your time any money in either of these, but they are quite different.Investing in general means you put your capital into some asset with an expectation of gain.

Even with this background, my father insisted I obtain a formal educationI now have almost 50 years of personal experience that spans many segments of the real estate, finance, and business professions with many different sizes of projects, including a year-round ski resort.This much education is not a requirement to be successful.

If it's less than a new investment, then sell it.Blanket statements based only on market segment like "It's an STR, you should keep it." are ridiculous. 

Your services are only appropriate for a small segment of the property owner and investor buyer markets, and you have to make sure that you deal with the right people only.

Also your local REIA will typically have news segments/articles for you.

ITIN loan Program is a type of loan program for a segments of the population where it might be difficult to pursue conventional loan options.