I've rehabbed, developed, bought and sold several 1/1's in Oregon and am under contract for one now..I'd say it depends a lot on your audience and area but smaller affordable and quality homes are in demand.

The difference is that the physical assets which make it harder for quality control.In average, it took me about a year to build a strong team, with a lot of hands-on involvement, but I spent a lot of time looking at the work.Currently, I am building a team for my portfolio in Dallas that I have with some investors, but I am here so I can look at the work closely.What I have seen is that is better to have one or two employees in a payroll and then all others as contractors.

I had about four times as many people attend my high school.

So for something that low comp is 800k and high comp is about 900k.

This is caused by many years of low interest rates, high construction costs & supply shortages, along with high demand from millennials buying first and move-up homes at the same time baby boomers want to downsize. 

@Wayne Kennoff- thanks   1) getting a personal referral is a good place to start 2) if you have narrowed down the options to a few -  contact both on the same  days and ask them for whatever  quotes  for your scenario ...ask for a loan cost worksheet  if  possible .  ...if their pricing ends up being  the same - make a decsion based on the  feel  for  cutoner  service you get when communicating with them.   3)  make sure they  disclose all the fees  related to the  refinance  ( not just their  own fees ) ..4)  reviews are   hard to  use to make a decision ( as you found out ) 5) rates are pretty high right now for rental  properties ....if you can wait to  refinance - you might consider doing so ...if you need to refinance - so be it ...Good luck 

She is highly noise sensitive and constantly complained that I wasn't holding her neighbors to the "quiet use" portion of the lease.

At first STR’s were highly profitable in Gainesville until the number of available Airbnbs went up which in the non peak months drove down prices.

It gets you out of competing with hotels and allows you to charge high prices in peak season.

Hello All,I just thought I would introduce myself, my name is Cyndi and I hope to learn a thing or 2, about real estate investing in a very high cost area.