I did STR in a duplex starting back in 2017 and managed for others in North Conway, Ive since converted to all long term tenants and happy i did so... unless your property has something unique or a "rare" amenity.... like, sleeps 30, I honestly would not waste any energy on it in the north Conway area. so saturated, and so much big money being invested in the hotels, its tough to match amenities vs cost, and I see travelers trending back towards the hotel style accommodations. granted, for the right price, I'd buy anything and figure out what the best use for it is. use airdna.co for decent data on # of Short term rentals in any particular market. can also identify opportunities. the point of my response.... be careful in STR in any area and always have a plan B. you can change a lot of things about a property, but your cant change your basis!

Another alternative is to buy another house hack type property, but instead of renting rooms, why don't you purchase a 2-4 unit property or a house with carriage house, that way, you can still invest and it isn't as risking or requiring external capital partners besides finding a lender. 

You're going to have cancelations because nobody OOS can safely travel.

Mold spores travel through the air you know and im scared to bring any of my things to another apartment.  

When I was traveling in Europe, Airbnb's often included a bottle of wine.

I don't house hack in S.F. but one suggestion an investor had for me was to do one of the units as an MTR (I was thinking travel nurses but now I'm hearing that they aren't getting that great COVID pay but people displaced temporarily for insurance reasons, moving for some other reason).

It allowed me to differentiate myself in my market (Mystic, CT) and flip between Airbnb weekend stays and longer stays for Traveling Nurses.

Here's an article about this topic by one of our speakers, @Natalie Kolodij: https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/write-off-bpcon-travel-as...We hope to see you in Cancun! 

Hi there, when my family and I travel, we simultaneously use that trip to look at potential investment properties.

Good mixture of travelers for the hospital systems, university, state workers and employers like GM.