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

That hard work includes making the investments that the current owner hasn't made (nicer kitchens, new flooring, fresh coat of paint, etc.), removing tenants and marketing to new tenants.

The problem is these homes are 60-120 years old and because of the low value neighborhoods, nobody has ever made any capital improvements beyond duct tape.

I feel like by coining the word 'househacking' we've made it into this new, shiny, crazy thing and it's not.

The operation of an STR has almost nothing to do with real estate and 100% to do with hospitality, that is where you can distinguish yourself from other operators, provided you made a good decision in your initial purchase. 

The wholesaler made a deal happen. 

Quote from @Grant Francke: For those with using Buildium for property management software, do you use Buildium's public site or do you use a website you have made and maintain?

The bathrooms made me so depressed... plastic shower units with sad apartment class vanities with some sort of beige solid surface tops. 

Duplex Development Made Easy - SB 9 permits property owners to convert single-family lots into duplexes.

Through connections with people in various markets, I was able to establish short-term rentals internationally, manage properties in different states, and diversify my investments in a way I hadn’t initially planned.A lot of these opportunities came from contacts I made over time.