The STR, if purely an appreciation play,  is speculation to me. 

Quote from @Jaclyn Spinelli: Quote from @Aristotle Kumpis: Are you looking for more of a cash flow play vs appreciation? 

Tenants will play games:1) Leave a minor home alone - no one should enter!

Hello,A job relocation to San Francisco CA early this year is making me ponder if I should be selling my owner occupied duplex in Jersey City and buy something in Berkeley CA due to its proximity to San Francisco and has some fairly decent schools  for my kids and also UC Berkeley .The low  2.5% interest rate on the Jersey City property turned into a golden chain but I think I am done with managing tenants and property and would like to get more into an Equity play.

I've played around with the idea of giving guests a YouTubeTV login but that seems risky.

Unless you bought RE a few years ago, created equity via successful BRRRR, flip, or do a combination you're just playing the appreciation game. 

If you cant turn a decent profit on a monthly basis, it's not a great long term play and you should sell the property.  

I have had every one of the above come into play, which has caused the timing of exiting the asset to take longer than anticipated.

I used the meetup app on the play store to find out about that.

Together, they have a lot of units in play there and have done very well with long-term rents and mid-term as well.