With that in mind, it may require constant marketing as there could be a good amount of turnover depending on the area. 

It can provide tenants more options and possibly lower rates, but it can also signal oversaturation and make tenant placement more challenging.

I think short-term rentals are a great place to leverage technology to set yourself apart from your competition.Convenience for guests: Smart locks provide keyless access, eliminating the need for physical keys and potential lockouts.

Although I'm curious depending on state to state, if the tenant could cause a ruckus if the lease was say 12 months.   

From what I have read, providing a flexible closing date is the best thing you can do since the seller will only have 45 days to get into another property.

I don't know what MN provides.

Depending how much you earn you can step up those savings by getting a side-hustle.

Typically most loan origination fees on conventional/FHA loans are capped at 2.25-2.5% depending on the lender. 

Not that it is quite the same but my umbrella policy provider stopped covering vehicles in CA.  

I can't speak for others, but at OSU the values of rentals differ greatly depending on the street and proximity to other locations.