.--- Marketing Impact: got to be able to attract a tenant!

What markets are you interested in investing in, your target market?

Look at their marketing strategy.

@Charles F Dominie, I'm in your market.

I currently work in marketing in the tech industry, but real estate has always been a passion of mine.

Also, I don't know anything about the property but if it's under rented it may not be in market rent condition.

Vacasa is more of a marketing company, not so much actual property management.

Quote from @Alecia Loveless: I have very nice units that rent on the high end of market value but a backsplash is not a standard option in our area so we don’t do it.Where are your units?

If you can, I'd try to focus on buying deals that has multiple exit strategies than just STR - for example if it debt covers with LTR with an option to do STR, you are reducing your risk significantly.Both strategies (STR and BRRRR) works in pretty much all markets if you make it work, especially BRRRR.

A lot of investors are in your same position at the moment in the local area and are AirBNB-ing the properties while they're listed on the market to at least make back some of the holding costs.