The key to success here is to answer questions other people have and use your niche knowledge to continuously provide actionable and valuable information.

Pittsburgh can't compete meaningfully in this outside of certain niches, such as programming and robotics.

Each tenant living in a building has their own unique rent amount, so even if they do not leave a notation with the rent payment, I know whom paid the rent based on the amount alone.

The property has some unique characters, and I want to get your opinion on how to bring out the best of it.The house is built in 1981, 1200 sqft 3 bed 1 bath and situated on a hill, so the back and both sides of the house are technically half under ground.

It depends on which niche of commercial you want.

You should research the specific market, competition, potential over-saturation, what can help you stand out etc.Generating great Airbnb returns stems from having a unique property, marketing it well, and operating it efficiently.

I have, however, heard of very unique problems that can happen only to houses exposed to large amounts of snow and extended temperatures below freezing.

@Kenneth Cisneros Mail can be effective for finding the off-market leads - especially if you have a day job.The key will be getting a unique list - not one that every other investor is mailing to.

The research that I've read on AirBnB and STRs is that people will pay more to stay in a unique place.

This may be a niche property OR you may be in a competitive market where you need to make the apartment as available as possible.