From ~ $13,500 (including furniture) to $197k so far.1360% ROI so far.

Purchase price: $175,500 Cash invested: $13,500 Sale price: $242,500 Purchased as primary residence, used as an Airbnb, held for only 2.5 years cash flowing ~$600/mo net, sold for $67k appreciation and ~$18k net income.From $13,500 (including furniture) to $85,000 in 2.5 yrs. ~530% ROI.

I'm utilizing my current job to fuel my side hustle. for example:  I build log homes and my boss sells the scraps as firewood, anything that doesn't fit the spec for firewood I can take and use for free , so I've been building and selling log furniture that I build from free materials, to raise capital for my first real estate investment. so if you get creative, you can always find a good side hustle. there are tons of ideas on sidehustlenation.com as well

It takes a lot of time and effort and money to grow a business that is sustainable, supports you financially without your involvement, and frees you up for bigger/better things.I've seen landscapers, carpet cleaners, and other small businesses try to grow and they end up with a lot more problems and only a little more income for their effort.

That development would have to be awfully profitable to sustain a 40% hit to net profit compared to just selling as is.

And the urban ones are out of my league and tend to be sustained by the conference business.  

It would cost me about $800 and once the furniture is in, the problem will be not visible.

Consider this study done on real estate agent income versus tenure...The people who thrive as agents (the people who don't just survive the first few years but actually beat these averages) likely have one or both of the following two things going for them:1) They also have their broker's license, and thus are also getting small pieces of all their agents' deals too (residual income, which is probably the next best thing to passive income).2) They have so much tenure and clout in their region that their referral network is almost self-sustaining.

Basically anywhere with a hotel that hasn't gone out of business yet can probably also sustain an STR.

You could just edit it to include the furniture.