You may be able to get creative with Mezzanine debt or Preferred Equity, but those are typically for larger short term deals. 

I have a lead and they may be willing to sell at below assessment which is about half of the appraisal.

Now I may have misheard, but I believe the advice was to cash out 1.5MM retirement fund (type unkown) and invest it in two short term rentals. 

I have noticed all my new Furnished Finder leads have been from people relocating for work looking for a place to stay while they explore the area. 

While sealant can give extra water protection, it might also trap moisture, leading to potential issues like mold.

Excellent book 📕 I’m looking forward to learning more and possibly collaborating with other investors on short-term and long-term rentals in Northern Virginia.

Hi @Andrew Singh      If you are using an LLC, I assume you would be using hard money (short-term loans) and/or DSCR loans for long-term holds?

If you own or are looking to buy an STR in Vermont, I want to recommend Vermont Short Term Rental Alliance, or VTSTRA.

However, the community this is located in is unable to allow short term rentals, so it will continue to be a buy and hold property for long term rentals.

You could get into technical sides of things, like how to imbed and track pixels from ads through to lead capture forms, email click through rates, A/B testing, open rates, conversion rates, lead acquisition costs, customer acquisition costs, headline/subject line writing, etc.On the persuasion side: The Catalyst by Jonah Berger, The Jolt Effect by Matthew Dixon, but there are also countless sales training, sales psychology, influence people, type books out there.