But, I am not sure if it's worth buying given I will likely be losing money yearly and only gaining equity.

I also think there will need to be a solution found in the middle ground because there is a value that buyer agents provide to help buyers navigate the legal complexities, and I'm sure that a large portion of buyers are going to chose not to have an agent in order to save money.

For example, a self-directed IRA custodian, and who you select can depend on what you want to invest in and how much money you have.

Definitely that was money making time in terms of operations and appreciation as well.Things have changed now, there is so many STRs now that people are renting for 100-150 USD a night which is like a motel price.Now it may make sense from the perspective of, if Poconos is where you travel a lot with family or you are buying full cash to park the money, or tax strategy or various other personal reasons could be there where it might make sense to invest there.But coming in from the perspective of an investor who are new or have little experience and are trying to build wealth from not too heavy asset portfolio.

There are many second homes there, meaning homes where the owners are content with a crummy PM making them a little bit of STR money in their absence, so it can be a challenge to weed those comps out of your study.

Is this even a deal, or are you just intersted because it looks like you can do it with no money down?

Spent too much money on updates for a rental property.

I own two duplexes in Beverly and have contemplated turning a unit into an MTR but LTR is just easy money honestly. 

Since the interest rates are high and rent's wont cover mortgage , i'm ok with paying money every month with hope equity build up and rates going down in future  .

Now the county is threatening to take the General Contractor license unless the money is reimbursed 😳!