She has a very straight forward approach in business.

If your fee is $150k I would expect a very healthy budget to be spent to marketing and advertising this property all over the place.  

I'm curious if you have any suggestions on lending options that I may not have found or approaches that I should consider.

However, for a commercial property or a commercial residential (5+ unit) property value is based on the income approach and reducing expenses in this case by producing electricity factors into that math and very well might increase the valuation enough to make sense.

Additional Details:The property is in a desirable area with good amenities nearby.STR data from AirDNA shows decent revenue potential, but the lack of comps makes me hesitant.I’m looking for a balanced approach that minimizes risk, even if STR performance doesn’t hit expectations.If anyone has experience investing in Cincinnati or navigating markets where STR data is sparse, I’d love to hear your thoughts.

A balanced approach, combining financing with a cash reserve for stability, maximizes tax efficiency, inflation protection, and aligns with your goal of retiring sooner.This post does not create a CPA-Client relationship.

Typically, these groups will approach 1-3 relationship banks directly, but hire us to shop the loan to the rest of the market.

I'm obviously and pretty rightly eby the ROW agents approach.

I love your approach of being conservative with underwriting and planning for the worst while hoping for the best!

My biggest tip is to save way more that you make and then buy a 2-4 unit building and use a 203k or homestyle renovation loan to do some rehab and add some instant equity.Also, Network as much as possible and get comfortable approach any one and asking lots of questions.