And sometimes the advantages to owning your home and the security that brings trumps pure financials on paper.     

From purely a tax prospective, you have hit on the STR Tax Loophole.

It was out of pure ignorance and naivete. 

It is less of a risk if the jurisdiction taxes AirBnB because they don't want to give up on income.Since you are deciding where to buy purely on return, Airdna.co will be useful to you.

30 year fixed rate loans are purely created by Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac.

Sherwin Williams Pro Mar 200Flat Antique White (looks like a light tan) as base with Virgin Pure White for trim in satin.we also started doing the baths in 100% pure white satin with trim same color.

Its purely numbers. 

Learn to do the math, read many books on real estate and learn not to make decisions based purely on the advice of friends and professionals.

Live in flip, house hack) has some advantages that makes it a bit easier to acquire vs a pure investment purchase.

Maybe I could have invested earlier and lengthened my payoff to take advantage of better returns, but for me, my path was worth it purely from a mentality standpoint.