However AirBNB and other STR platforms haven't given up, they're still fighting (and occasionally winning) legal battles with NYC and lots of other cities like Boston, San Diego, Miami to name a few.

@Matt Pine no one's perfect, so occasional hiccups are part of the business - contingent on the acceptance of liability and reasonable attempts to cure.Not sure why they installed 2" blinds unless this is a higher end property.

My main strategy is buy & hold MFR (2-4 units) and small apartments (5-30 units) but I also occasionally do SFR wholesale flips to rehabbers/fix & flip investors as part of my down payment funding strategy for the MFR's.

Occasionally we did find ourselves in a tight spot, and had to use my husband's HELOC and 401K, but that was after we had already had success and knew that what we were doing could work.

Also, they have a lot of substantial rebates on various items, plus occasionally they will have their 11% rebate sale which is great.For hardwood flooring, I use a website called Build Direct which offer fantastic pricing on flooring.

My strategy evolved to buy and hold, with an occasional flip. 

Locating motivated vendors who are amenable to this kind of agreement is important.SBA Loan: Although SBA loans are mostly intended for commercial uses, real estate transactions may occasionally be funded with them.

I found myself occasionally going to a laundry mat or doing wash and fold. 

Occasionally I get worn down and need a break.  

However we deep clean occasionally.