The biggest lesson learned is to get off your tail and get in the game effectively immediately!

Your tenants likely continued to work with no pay cut and received a couple stimulus checks that puts them ahead of the game.

@Amber Hardy Single family real estate marketing is a numbers game.

if you want to live in it.. knock on doors.If you want to just tie up someones home and try to make a fee.. send out millions of these and its a numbers game..

@James BrackinCongratulations on getting in the game early!

I'm committed to getting in the game but still trying to figure out which market and niche to claim.

I highly recommend you go to a big SDSU Aztec game (students get free tickets). 

It would be an easy way to get your feet wet in the STR game and most importantly you eliminate the whole 12 month wait plus the additional 6-12 months it will take you to build.

These things define the game boundaries and help us play with the border and close to an edge ot two.

Yeah most are going to overbid, in part because they are not lacking work at the moment, it is a long term relationship game, lower rate quality vendors generally rely on volume, so find a way to provide that either through direct work or referrals.