@Amby BhagtaniBesides looking at market stats look at the time and energy that you can put into a market.

.- We could furnish it and go for STR/MTR simultaneously, but we get occupancy near end of October, which isn't the best time for STR.

I purchased a duplex in California with tenants in place. Seller disclosed leases and may have kept half of deposit. The lead agreement I received shows see original lease for amount t of deposit. I didn’t read this s...

I have been looking to manage a sober living or transitional housing building for some time.

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For the record, we are very comfortable with our local market in Pittsburgh PA so for the time being we will be sticking to loans in the region.Thoughts? 

Suppose your STR /property operationally has a hard time handling same-day turns, or your listing has a high BR count/big place and requires more cleaning time/cost.

Personally, I wouldn't totally disagree, but it is very much in the eyes of the beholder what "nice place to live" means.Based on your post, I would assume you are getting requests because you are a new landlord (maybe the old one was not a kind person, so tenants chose not to make any requests) and that you are asking them to pay more rent for a unit that is likely in worse condition than when they moved in.So now, you can either tell them no, or you can accommodate and potentially open up pandoras box of setting expectations that you will cater to all requests all the time, or as noted, you can remove yourself from the equation and hire a PM to handle the requests.  

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Let me tell you about the time we almost closed a major deal in Haverhill, Massachusetts, back in 2018.