QUESTION: Has anyone had success going all in on marketing to groups celebrating milestones? Partner and I bought our first STR in Western NC. Big 5 BR home with gorgeous views of a lake and mountains beyond. As most ...

This is a lesson I have learned on a few occasions. 

Hey Vic I am from CT and I had same issue with one of my tenants some time ago , he want's to save money any way possible so he was keeping his temps really low , I explain on few occasions to him that pipes are going to freeze and all that but he wouldn't listen , so I approach that problem from different angle , since I never had a problem with that tenant before and he was a good guy , always paid on time etc. , I didn't want it to loose that tenant so simply i helped him to get " energy assistance" this is a program to help people out if they can't afford heating bills , I don't know if it is in your state so you my want to check this out.

I looked into this at more than one occasion, because Milwaukee has such an old housing stock, everything is 60-120 years old.Most of the new apartments we see are 4 and 5 star developments with very high rents, this allows to offset the high cost of construction a little better.

I would agree, on 8% being the norm, with several lenders falling in the 7's on occasion.

Are you celebrating any special occasions?

We have worked closely together on several occasions and she's been fantastic!

YES, you can get the work done for less than this on occasion, in particular if you are doing some or all of the labor yourself, not pulling permits, or purchasing stolen materials as a starting point. 

We have collected this on many occasions.

There were at least 5 individuals who seemed ready to rise to the occasion and help this poster with their borrowing needs.