@Zen Lenon, I'm not dealing with HOA's at scale but I agree that MTR owners need to check their HOA rules to make sure the strategy works for them.

Quote from @Gianma Vanzo: My wife and I are HI W2 and business owners.

I guess really you’re not paying it, the owners are.

Myself and the majority of people on BP that call themselves real estate investors, should be calling themselves real estate business owners.

.), Peter Thiel (Palantir, Founders Fund; Palantir valuation: $45B), Reid Hoffman (LinkedIn, acquired by Microsoft for $26.2B), Max Levchin (Affirm, valuation: ~$5B), and others like David Sacks (Yammer, acquired by Microsoft for $1.2B) and Steve Chen/Chad Hurley/Jawed Karim (YouTube, acquired by Google for $1.65B), who collectively shaped the tech industry through groundbreaking venturesHigh performers who push one another, often go farther than solo business owners.

You can get a normal owner occupied home loan to do this. 

I'm sure the owner was sick of me.

When you’ve seen luxury remodels succeed in more modest markets, what strategies did the property owners use to ensure those high-end features stayed relevant over the long term?

Today I am a fairly new owner of a quadplex, a duplex and a condo which is currently used as a STR. 

The owner is friend of mine, really good dude.