Agree with @Sarah RoskoThe nature of most bookings are out of towners that book before they see the place or really know the neighborhood.

i have a great property i could send you that i found has many great qualities its a cozy modern home with workshop and detached garage price is close to half a million but could very possible to change the sellers mind for your price range seeing as it needs renovations not many but still need them this property is in washington state but the area is good for selling seeing as a majority is rich and looking for nature vacation getaways right by a beutiful lake and mountain contact me if you would like to find out more i will have to note if you consider and take the property i do require a finders fee of a minimum of 500 depending on the deal 

There a few other advantages of this email method. 

Always something new and cool going on in our market! 

Find Brandon's videos on YouTube for the "four square" method of analyzing homes and practice.

DSCR works pretty cohesively with hard money, especially when you use the BRRRR method since it allows you to increase leverage on the back end refi. 

The reason I used that method was to be able to put the property in my name or corporation or partners.  

COMMUNITY- will the community support this type of housing (talk to other developers, visit projects of similar nature preferably in the same area and price bracket).3.

You can also look at Airbnb using "the enemy method" to see what competitors are doing nearby that was coined by the brilliant Avery Carl.

It's called the Asset Island method, long used by HNW persons to great effect.