I agree, it's hard to compete against the deep-pocketed all inclusives so they might as well not try.

We pad our cleaning costs a bit to the guests to pay for future deeps cleans and for incidentals.

Get a deep understanding of what the income and expense for the properties are and try to identify future capital expenditures that might need to be reserved for.

I did a deep analysis on over 100 rental property opportunities.

In my mind sponsors of these deals need to have some deep experience were as the last 3 to 5 years rising tides raised all boats.. like you said what happens in a hiccup.

My recommendation would be to do a deep dive into your deal analysis and see if the numbers truly make sense. 

Pick a market drill deep into that market, learn the market and success will follow.

This only takes 5 min a day, and is super fun to nerd out and do a few deep dives when I get really curious. 

Welcome to the deep south.Gail

If you haven't done so already, do a deep dive into what 1BR vs 2BR rents are for properties of a similar size, in the same neighborhood, and with similar interior finishes to yours, and this will help better inform whether or not the investment makes financial sense.Investment Horizon.