More specific ideas for business that still operate these days: scrubs shop, medical equipment, bikes shop, pet stores, hardware stores, nurseries, beauty supplies, dollar stores, cannabis store (if legal in your state) or CBD products store, vape/smoke shops, doughnut stores, Fitness equipment store, pop-up COVID testing centers.Bonus round:If your location has a big parking lot, you can set up a "movie drive-in" on some nights and have the businesses in the strip serve the food/drinks.

Some things will drive appreciation more, like new business coming to town, potentially resulting  in lower supply / higher demand, and that is great.  

Hello,We are converting a house into two flats,All the gas, electric and water is on one supply, allthough the upstairs and downstairs all have meters.We would

Most college students have plenty of options if they want to rent by the room, so the supply is there.However, the model that Todd talked about on the podcast serves a different niche. 

I understand this may be due to COVID restricting the supply of houses and driving asking prices up.

Our local market has limited supply and very high demand, so they don't last long and go for top dollar!

You could market the hell out of it, but you can't fix the location, you can't fix the rental market, and for a place renting for $550 a month, the improvements you can make are limited.Do you have equity in the place you could tap into via sale and buy somewhere where there is a stronger rental market?

Is that a decent ratio to start or should we grow a stronger buyers list before working with a seller?

While it may narrow down the market, I've had a steady supply of renters/guests since I do STR's.

(essentially turn key, pre foreclosure) 3bed/2 bad/ 1350 sq ftPurchase price $170,000Appraisal at $205,000Annual Expenses: $13,000/year (utl 3120, maint 1200, ins 2400,advert 1000, supply 100, lawn 1000, 6% tax 4180)Annual Mortgage: $9,056Expected Annual income @ $200/night, 60% vacancy: $43,200Annual Cash Flow: $20,937Cap rate: 17%We assumed high end of expenses list and low end of nightly rent, used vacancy from searching our property type and area on air bnb.