Your easiest bet is to buy an unfurnished home/condo on a 20-25% down investment loan, then just furnish it and run it as an STR.

I would cash-out refi on your current house and then go buy a half dozen (or more) rent properties.

Usually, though, you will be expected to occupy this home for a certain amount of the year (sometimes up to half).

I would strongly recommend going the option of @William Collins and here is why: It is the easiest and quickest path to getting money in your pocket.

At the end of the day, Bar Harbor/Acadia is considered an exotic destination because of it's not the easiest place to get to for most people.

In my state of New Hampshire they have ruled we ARE allowed to file evictions and I started one with the help of a more experienced associate about a week and a half ago and the initial paperwork put the living fear into my tenant and he paid what was owed and we made arrangements for this month.

If you’re investing from a distance (like an hour and a half away), don’t yet have boots on the ground, and using just pics online to judge a property, I imagine it’s pretty hard to figure out.

And a % of the real estate held as actual real estate to be sold to 1031 investors as tenants in common or purchased by you as the second half of a 1031 exchange and then used in conjunction with the Partnership

Not sure what to say about any potential theft, but easiest way is to have it shipped to the cleaners house or you go and personally restock once a month.The potential theft is likely not significant on a yearly basis and if the cleaners are doing a good job and you are making money then I wouldn't lose sleep over it.

The easiest way to know if it is a personal policy is if they need your date of birth or social security to underwriter the policy.