I hear you, I think the price of turn key STRs are almost impossible to make money on in the traditional markets. 

Negotiating seller concessions, networking with local investors, and learning property management skills have been key to finding deals with strong long-term potential.Good luck!

And what is your price point and are you looking for turn-key properties or something along the lines of a "fixer upper"?

I think I've done my bookkeeping almost every way you can - from not at all -> keeping receipts in a shoebox and handing over the entire shoebox to my CPA -> running 10-key tapes on all the receipts for each category and handing those tapes to my CPA -> DIY Quickbooks -> paying a bookkeeper to manage everything in Quickbooks -> to now doing it myself using Baselane.

The other key to me taking out the loan is that I have enough reserve cash that if I lost my job I could pay the money back right away. 

The biggest key was understanding that It was more important to get on base then it is to hit a home run.

He has placed people in key positions that are really good at what they specialize in, but Brandon has remained the leader of the company. 

But I’d say the key to success is building a reliable team on the ground.

I think the key is doing solid due diligence and making sure you're lending on projects with good margins and clear exit strategies.

The key is to identify personal property from real property.