Someone will need to cut the grass, fill pot holes, make sure the roads are not collecting water or eroding, test the water supply monthly and send the samples into to the state.

Take into consideration cleaning fees (charged to guest), TOT taxes owed to city, supplies etc needed.

You can save a lot on supplies by really shopping around and using contractor discounts.

A few things help me to push through these "sluggish" periods: 1.

High demand, low supply. 2) I can charge a pet rent.

To answer your question specifically, this is an excellent time to sell as there are only 3.3 month's supply of inventory in the 2-4 unit space in Jefferson Park.

Too much supply currently, plus what's coming online. 

The increase in sales came as supply fell, prices rose and mortgage rates stayed low.

Personally been dealing with a couple contractors that have always quoted and delivered 6-7 months, which in my opinion is too long.I'm currently investing in the Philadelphia market, and would like to know what other's are dealing with.No way to answer without knowing the full scope of work and even then every market, location, GC pool, supply chain etc. is very different.

Target cities like Montreal and Nashville where there is a good supply of tourists and long-term rental rates are low enough for your business to be profitable.Be mindful of cities such as New York or Miami, whose municipal policies either don't allow short-term rentals or make it very difficult to host a property.