I’m brainstorming ideas on how I can market myself to potential mentors in the STR game in order to gain experience.

I wanted to see what markets have both a relatively high rent-to-price ratio and high appreciation.

Those are all going to be good market.

They have been managing fine, although not too busy, I guess because of the market.

The market in Scottsdale is cheaper than the Seattle market to buy, however, the rental market is a bit higher, so we would likely be renting for around $6k-$7k/mo. 

Every where you turn there are STRs going up on the market fully furnished because they couldn't pay the mortgage and bills with the rental income. 

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I can see why they price their projects accordingly because their system is designed to help relieve the construction management from the investor.

Found on Zillow during a competitive time in the market.

The garage and the fact that a long term tenant was in place paying market rent.