Feel free to message me if you want to chat further. 

Hope this all helps, if you have any questions feel free to message me. 

Especially for STR, you could literally put a sofa bed in the living room and accommodate extra guests (before you all scream, this is fairly common even in high end STRs and I've never heard of complaints, but feel free to cite other experiences).

If you feel your assessment is too high, you have the right to contest it.

You kind of have to get a feel of that environment.

Your investment may be impacted by regional laws, difficulties with property management, and market fluctuations.Considerations:Personal Preferences: Evaluate how comfortable you are maintaining a property locally as opposed to overcoming the difficulties associated with investing out of state.Financial Objectives: Clearly define your long- and short-term financial objectives.

Also, I see that you're in Columbia, but if you feel like making the ride down to Charleston, REI Central is tomorrow night and would be well worth your time.

Feel free to connect to directly discuss as well.Cheers!

Quote from @Martin Brown: It's totally normal to feel cautious about sharing your building plans, especially when cost and competition are involved.

But, ultimately we go with whichever makes the other side of the transaction comfortable.