And the windfalls to the owners are life changing . 

Identifying a d purchasing properties that are undervalued due to under market rents caused by owners with a lower purchase basis that are terrified of losing tenants and raising rents, will definitely provide you with immediate upside appreciation when adjusting rents to market rates as well as covering all your holding costs and a cash flow reward every month. 

A amnesty for unpermitted work can be a financial gold mine for some of these owners.

The owner has one goal, cash out of the property, and is offering seller financing.

We serve alongside a group of missionaries (we are business owners in the states with real estate and restaurants, but split our time between the US and Panama).

If it were me I'd be looking at taking advantage of a low down payment owner occupied loan and getting a house hack going in that market. 

Owners are just using there cabins a bit more these days.

Using that logic , maybe we should go back to only land owners can vote . 

If you know you want to get into STRs, find properties in your market or market of interest that are managed by Vacasa and Evolve that are underperforming and have guest feedback indicating the the customer service from the host was poor (as it usually is with the big national STR PMs), look up the owner's name on the county or city tax records, and cold call or text them.

The owner i met on site said I was the most trusted of all that she had met on site so she was confident in me.