I actually really like the flat profile white thermofoil cabinets.

Not that much to do, pretty flat landscape, too large to be cute and too small to be interesting. 5 hours to a major airport.If it has to be Wisconsin to retire, I'd rather look at the west side of Milwaukee ("lake country") - it's pretty, you have lakes and at least some hills, 30 min access to a 1.6 million people metro area (Milwaukee) and you are in Chicago in an hour and a half.

Quote from @Robert Bell: I am a Loan Officer for Avalon Capital.

Advertising, marketing, and mileage add up but realistically the only thing you need to do is spend gobs of time belly-to-belly talking to people, handing out your card one at a time as fast as you can, and listening for opportunities to help people.

As a renter or homeowner, pet liability insurance is a must, unless you don’t care about your finances going belly up.

Remember when it rains it pours... in other words, occupancy will dip and in conjunction with higher expenses and lower/flat rents so its not just one metric moving. 

To comply with local standards and protect tenants' privacy, make sure the flats have separate entrances, kitchens, and utilities.

They are flat to declining, these are up and coming tech areas.

General question about smokers - Can we charge a flat annual fee to a smoking tenant to run an ozone machine?  

In Chicago STR demand is flat since 2022.