@KITNfury do you do any air bnb’s with your rentals?
I haven't yet, but probably inevitable that I give it a try at some point. Maybe soon. Have a house my partner and I were going to flip but I think we're going to keep it via BRRRR strategy. Might make it a short term rental, but not sure yet. Also want to do it with my own house. I'll be traveling the lower 48 basically fulltime for around 1 year (at least that's the plan). Not selling my house either way, but considering STR so if I decide to come home early, it's not tied up in a long term lease.
One interesting thing about STRs is that there are people literally getting rich by air bnb arbitrage. They essentially rent apartments (and let the landlord know the plan so they are on board), and then list those apartments for short term rentals and collecting the difference between rent and STR income. You just need to come up with the deposit, rent, and furnishings. Not necessarily "cheap", but less money typically than buying at 20% down. Like anything else, need to run the numbers right.