Originally posted by @John Underwood:The best way is to manually check some of your competition on Vrbo and Airbnb as @Joshua Strickland mentioned.Is there a way to gauge occupancy levels of the potential competition? 

Have clear conversations with each resident to gauge who will be willing/able to assist under 2 inches. 

If you speak with a lender, they should give you estimated monthly costs and mortgage so you could gauge that against the potential rent of the other side. 

Maybe I needed to open the pressure valve that binds my frustration in a healthy way?

There is a level stated and a picture of the gauge.

Maybe the son would even be into making a few bucks here and there doing some yard work, cleaning, pressure washing, etc. 

See if there is anything the attorney can do especially to pressure the sellers.

Just curious, particularly since you are at the logging level, where do you see upward pressure on price coming from?

- or-Invest in 50K properties for the next tree years making $250 cashflow each. 1st year 1 home $250 - 2nd year 2 homes $500 - 3rd year 3 homes $750 Trying to keep it concise but let me know If i am missing any important information to gauge the best strategy.

Of course, it's all in good fun, but we can't deny that it would be nice to have a job with much less pressure and less hours.