Like the Carl's have said, there are often inexpensive improvements that can be made that don't add value to the home but have dramatic returns as an STR (pro photos, string lights, fire pits, pool tables etc). 

You could do that and rent it out. 2) If you just want to sell them and the realtors are not helping (been there before), then try facebook market place free FSBO then if nothing, boost your post with only $20 for a week..use the filters, try different ones, then drop ad back to only a dollar a day 3)  (might be the best), take your sign down for a week or so, then approach a smaller local happening builder,  let them put their signs on one of the 2 lots.

If you own a short-term rental, there are likely to be seasons when bookings slow and you worry about generating enough income. The resort industry knows this cycle well. They have “high season,” when everyone wants t...

If they fail to pay rent, they draw attention to themselves and they know that very quickly it will lead to evictions, and court proceedings which they will avoid at all cost because they know that their risk of being detected and deported rises dramatically in this scenario. 

Honestly, even my own spending habits have dramatically transformed from my first deal to now, but part of that is where I allocate my time, and what I pay to outsource to others.

Then you look at appreciation and decide if you want to accept a lower ROI in the hopes of appreciation to boost it or take a higher initial ROI and forego some appreciation.

You can also go on margin to boost your returns, however, I don’t recommend this strategy given your brokerage account will force you to liquidate holdings to come up with cash when things go the other way.

I might recommend checking to make sure you are at market rates.Leverage is a very powerful tool that can dramatically increase your ROI.

With one of the properties I vary the size and timing of the cash flows -- keeping the total always the same -- and demonstrate that the IRR can differ dramatically from that of the first property even though the initial investment and the total cash returned is the same.

It's more than slapping lipstick on a pig and hoping the NOI boost sticks.But, you've gotta partner with folks who know the ropes.