You can obviously manage occupancy through pricing, but your pricing may just end up lower than similar properties nearby without the 4wd requirement due to a smaller pool of potential customers.

Does it need a lot of renovation before occupancy?

I would assume mainly Qs about occupancy rates and seasonality.

The longer your minimum night day is the less revenue a property will have and the less occupancy period.

My wife works in healthcare and regularly hires traveling Occupational Therapists, Physical Therapists and their assistants as part of her job.

Note that when selling to an investor, you'll never get the owner-occupant price which 9/10x is the highest offer.Good luck!

Long term, you want to use a loan product not for owner occupancy for brrrr.

As long as you click owner occupant its an automatic approval with no evidence of occupancy needed outside evidence you own the unit such as a tax or utility bill.

A lakeland duplex / triplex will be reasonable and you should have steady STR/ LTR occupancy as Polk County (Lakeland is the main city) sits directly in between some of the largest and fastest growing cities in America: Tampa and Orlando).Please reach out if you have any questions.

Between Zillow and Mailed out flyers we have been in contact with numerous single and multifamily properties for less then $100,000 renting in the range of $1250-$1500 as long as it has a cleared Occupancy statement from the City.