When running comps to gauge market demand, vacancy, and rent, I would advise against comparing STR stats to MTR projections simply because it's apples and oranges.

I also agree with your assessment of the majority of the type of indivulaes that are on section 8, and although there are exceptions, it does not fit my business plans to waste my time trying to find the few good apples in a tenant pool consisting predominantly of damaged goods.Each landlord has the right to choose to whom they wish to rent to and although others may judge it really is no one else's business.

@Jason Barnes @Brandon Turner @Ned Carey @Jon Russell @Zach Schwarzmiller @Gerald K.

-Billy Barnes

Check out sq ft price for an apples-to-apples comparison (of apples, ha ha).Of course, it all hinges on what property type you are looking for. 

If Johnny has 10 apples, and 20 people want apples, how low will the price of Johnnys apples go?

Do one task at a time in each app so you can compare apples to apples.Load a property with pictures and details.Market that property.See what your marketing looks like from the public's perspective.Submit a fake application to see how easy the process is.

That should cover him and you, all verbal is dangerous as one contractor might miss a lot, one might expect more work, then you'll have apples and oranges bid.

I've always joked that I would quickly be in the used furniture biz if STR collapsed.I own 66 beds if you could trundles/daybeds/futons etc.I usually use a designed and the actual frames typically come from West Elm, Pottery Barn, Wayfair and sometimes Amazon. 

The returns are all based on the deals and the leverage is similar. 5 smaller properties is more liquid and the risk is lower since finding 1/5 bad apples is better than finding 1/1 bad oranges.