While I love my market, I see a REIT as an alternative to trying to invest out of market and add some diversification to my RE portfolio (yes I know there aren't the tax advantages or sweat equity advantages).

Hi Allen, another great alternative, if things don't work out with your PM, is a landlord platform that offers you the tools to bring a little bit of automation to managing your own rental (ie. publish 1 listing that syndicates to 10+ core listing partner sites, comprehensive tenant screening, digital lease creation, online rent collection and maintenance request management and tracking).

I.e. what's the pay-back period to recover your down payment money with the conventional loan.That being said, the downside of a FHA is that you have PMI for the life of the loan, even after you hit 20% equity.As an alternative, ditch the mortgage broker and speak directly with a local banks / credit unions.

These are the same rules for most all retirement plans.The alternative would be to rollover the 403b to a self-directed IRA or Solo 401(k). 

Also, any alternatives too cozy? 

I do require a 3 night minimum and have plenty of 1 week stays so agree with other posters to do your research on competitor occupancy and rates.The real question is can you provide a compelling alternative value proposition to these hotels... eg short walk to beach, beautiful view, tranquility, well equipped kitchen, more space, pet friendly, much cheaper, etc. 

Another alternative is get out of the business.

I been trying to do real estate investing but those two financial mistakes that I made when I was young are costing me to not be able to do investing I’ve tried alternative options like hard money lending and business loans but ultimately don’t go trough with the process for various reasons.

It may not know that it's multi-family, it may not factor the rare million dollar properties 2 blocks away or alternatively thousand dollar properties-it uses averages without a personal fine tuning touch.

Alternately, taking over either project could work out if you have the background, time, and money, to complete them.I never have a problem if a project is being worked and simply taking longer than expected.