Becoming self sufficient slowly, and conservatively is not sexy but it does work.

Especially folks who are more skeptical and conservative like me.

I have always been very conservative on this.Ron, I did exactly what you wish you did.

@Jay HinrichsAs for why I invest, I invest way more conservatively and don't take lender risk or original owner risk.

We have CD at $12,500 vs Real Estate at $59,530.58Real Estate could perform HALF of what I laid out here, which is rather conservative really, and it would still be WAY more than double the profitable return CD is....... 

How we are attempting to gain more confidence in our offers right now, is a little more conservative numbers in the analysis phase.

Great So Cal appreciation, more politically conservative, and you are still dealing with higher numbers.

Personally, I'd be very conservative in my revenue projections on something like this just in case this trend continues. 

This usually takes 6-8 months to be conservative all in between construction, approvals, finding a renter, going through a refinance.

So, you can find successful hosts pretty much everywhere but I'm interested in what the average host makes because I have to be conservative in my assumptions.If you have friends who are hosting successfully there, I'm not sure why you don't ask them your questions.