Some people treat their STR like a hobby and others treat it like a business.You don’t know the numbers are based on if owners use it 3 months a year themselves, or manage it themselves and have STR knowledge or farm it out to a competent or incompetent property manager.In one area I invest in, the biggest players are all large direct booking sites with hundreds of properties so their revenue doesn’t show up on airDNA, etc.Use conservative numbers and understand your skills in terms of getting a property to be unique, marketing, listing management, etc. or the competency of the PMs you are interviewing.Good luck!

Strong appreciation and cashflow but you will most likely have to lower tenant qualifying standards in these areas and put up with a little more headache in the short term.

@Stuart UdisHit the nail on the head and I would agree and have said same thingOne thing I will add is you mention contract management / this should include an attorney reviewing the contract and the investor understanding what indemnification is.

The momentum there is simply OOS investors with novice understanding. 

You need to understand the answers to those questions, and then you can determine if it's worth the purchase or not. 

Personally, I feel you should start off with understanding what actual reality is.

My understanding was it needed to be 1 year of steady income to be considered, BUT not a lender, so obvs confirm with them.

Is there a document with the standard terms you've agreed to?  

I just need to figure out if I should sell my rental now given I dont understand how it benefits me at all.

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