We plan to come back live in it the other 6 months, fix it up more, repeat that process until we can find another deal that makes sense for us. 

I'm doing a value add deal now in a flat appreciation market, but it will double in value when I'm finished.

Are you looking to just put the money to work or looking to be personally involved in getting, rehabbing, and dispo of deals?

What made you interested in investing in this type of deal?

No dealing with tenants or long-term property management.

Found T&H realty services to be pretty interesting as they provide both buyer brokerage service (to help me find deals) as well as do property management i.e. they are not full turnkey provider necessarily, but reduces some of the hassle for me I guess as an out of state investor. 

However; none of them are going to be "deals".

First-time homebuyer-level SFHs are such a sweet spot for liquidity and demand, especially when the market gets tight.Quick question—when you're doing the homework for a potential deal, what's your go-to checklist for deciding if it’s a flip or a hold?

With the massive increase in STR properties in the US, I am hopeful that lenders and appraisers will evolve to apply income/exp metrics to STR deals specifically, on top of generic property comps.

It mostly means you don't want to deal with banks initially.