Real estate is building wealth via the long game.

Hey @Scott Meech - Check out your competition with furnished finder that is where a lot of Medium Turn rentals list their properties.I have a MTR in Chicago that has been decently successful...whatever I have found throughout my entire life and investing career is it is never one property/deal that is a grand slam...Rather, the grand slam is done by hitting many singles and using systems and processes to scale your operation; the combination of scaling and experience in a niche of real estate allows you to hit unlimited grand slams because, unlike baseball, real estate is NOT a zero-sum game.

Assuming the property owner isn't playing games, why would an independent appraiser inflate the value? 

They are playing numbers game.

If BRICS was joined by OPEC, that's it, game over for USD and "west".     

Lesson from Radiant Young Adults night in Tampa – "Staying Power"Last Thursday's session reminded me:- Stay consistent- Play the long game- Consistency always beats periodic bursts of intensity- Consistency might feel “boring,” but that’s where growth happensStay the course!

There are a lot of owners that have great purchase prices and 3 to 4% Interest rates that bought 5, 10 or more years ago.If you want to jump into the STR market game now in competitive markets you better run your numbers conservatively and you need an appealing location and property to be competitive. 

I understand it's a long term game.

REI is usually a long game in regards to building wealth.

Business Line of Credit and 0% Credit cards.. search for Fund And Grow and Plastiq on this forum and there are some very innovative ways of doing it ..but there is a  caveat..you have to be very very sure of the flip succeeding