Any of these deals thats a 5 figure buy in and a split you have to think twice about.

Buy a nice house with an ADU or a DADU?

Let's say you could rent an apartment instead of buying and your rent is $1,200/month.

We are looking at buying a park model home and land.

We were thinking of buying in Columbus, OH, Indianapolis, IN and Salt Lake city.

Someone else found the deal and was going to be the primary operator, and he needed several million dollars to buy the property, and was having trouble raising money. 

Currently buying a property in Cleveland and need to explore financing options.

If the owner is going to buy and sell their properties with us than we don't charge anything for any renovation.

Yes - I realize the fall and holidays are busier for STRs in this area, and January and February are not near as fruitful, but March and beyond are looking very strong and we should see similar returns.

My question is in the current market would buying a high cash flow business where I can be an absentee owner be a better decision then investing in real estate now?