I desire to do something more challenging and rewarding and I have always dreamed of owning real estate.I am coming into this journey with newly found ambition after losing over 130 pounds and counting! 

Be weary of guarantees on the STR loans, even though it's a tried and true business model, lenders will be conservative since these loans aren't as desirable on the MBS markets. 

If you have the means and desire to do it you will accomplish it!

Tenants have no desire to maintain a 1 acre property so you're going to be stuck paying for that.

The good part is it's in a desirable area that is close to downtown so it appeals to different professionals.

Retail properties can be very lucrative but you have to know what to watch out for.Warm belt states tend to have more expansive growth and if a space goes dark if under 10k sq ft in size there is generally a waiting list of tenants to go in in desirable areas if your location is good and rents are reasonable for the market.

I would say focus on on your desired cash-flow goal first. 

But, due to the volume I am working and a desire to have some work life balance I am now dropping a video every two weeks on Friday. 

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But i see management companies start making exceptions when units are less desirable or not updated.