They bring food and hats and other marketing materials.

Have your agent throw a broker open (possibly with food) to get agents through and get feedback. 

Looking to purchase one and struggling with the right calculators to determine the real metrics.As I understand it (recently looked at buying a former bnb) you need to treat it like any other STR with your extra costs such as food, etc  baked in to the expenses.

I was looking at a specific cash result.With that in mind I never accepted a bad deal (negative CF) because it served no purpose, and only forced a step backwards. 

If you brought your spouse and 2 kids with you, and you could argue all of your argue of your time on the trip was looking at real estate, and your personal business and activity circumstance defends being able to immediately deduct it and not treat it as a start up cost... likely 75% of much of the travel costs (airfare, food, etc) would be non-deductible. 

We can provide quick quotes which serve as proof of funds when purchasing from a wholesaler, and can close quickly. 

Just my food for thought here

This psychological trap causes us to stick with a plan even if it no longer serves us and the costs clearly outweigh the benefits."

I do manage some small apartment complexes and generally there are not too many issues, but not zero.Also, for me as a PM I have fixed costs per unit, so to have 5 listings in 1 house would be cost prohibitive.Just food for thought, good luck!

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