Nonetheless, I would love to hear your updated opinions given the current state of the pandemic (rolling out vaccines now and aggressively in the coming months, but with COVID still running wild everywhere at the moment).Happy to share our 2020 results - I was surprised by the performance of our two STRs in 2020, and that looks to be continuing into 2021:- Our lake home in Farmington, New Hampshire absolutely killed it.

I've done my research and talked to other motel owners in the town (who were surprisingly willing to be helpful!)

No surprise that Roth wins by a mile when we give it an initial boost in form of pre-paying taxes.That said, if you have extra money to pay the tax upfront, and you're then choosing between $10k into a Traditional and $10k into a Roth - then surely it should be Roth.4.

You will be pleasantly surprised.

I'd recommend some sort of itemized list from seller or "items as seen in listing pictures" etc so that you don't have any last minute surprises.

Garage conversions, depending on the setup, can be surprisingly expensive. 

I wouldn’t be surprised if this is one of many ticky tac fees coming your way.

We've been investing there for about a year and a half and had no idea about the opportunity corridor so that was a pleasant surprise as most of our properties are in the east suburbs.

It's supposed to ensure there are no surprises after closing.

You will be surprised at how willing people are to help out someone such as yourself just starting out.