I come here to enjoy the beaches, buy the local banana bread, buy stuff from the local artists at the craft fairs, support the restaurants, play the golf courses…I long ago ruled out flipping houses or investing in rentals here.

I don’t give a crap what my tenants, neighbors, mailman, judge, fireman, restaurant owner thinks about me.

(Traffic, long waits at restaurants, Did i say Traffic, Not a diverse town for activities)-There seem to be a lot of vacancies for lease and lots of people also looking to lease.

I know a California investor who is buying fast food restaurants, coffee shops and medical offices in the Midwest and South.

Chosewood Park and Boulevard Heights are neighborhoods I think are poised for the most long term appreciation, but they would be terrible short term rental neighborhoods now due to lack of restaurants/retail.

(Jan 2024)The study’s findings are far below the 12 sales per year for the median agent suggested by the National Association of Realtors’ annual member survey, which the study attributes to sample bias for the survey – successful and full-time agents are more likely to respond to the survey than unsuccessful or part-time agents.The median agent in the study’s result, by contrast, had two sales per year, leading the study’s author, CFA senior fellow Stephen Brobeck, to conclude, “the residential real estate industry is clearly a part-time industry.”Many of the individual agents in the study had other full-time jobs as “teachers, government workers, restaurant servers, commercial employeesOn this, NAR has previously reached the same conclusion.

For exaple a retail store, restaurant etc.Banks do not lend business credit to real estate investment companies- maybe if you have a general contracting business.But what they also do not tell you is it ties to your personal credit so when you use it and max out your cards it crushes your credit and we ahve seen a lot of peoples credit drop below 660 which then they cannot refinance out of their short term loan...

Some jobs that help are by being a waiter at a restaurant or try getting a job in property management or something real estate related of some sort.

Especially at a Michelin restaurant in Italy.   

I like to go to local restaurants and wouldn't be interested in a chef coming to my STR.What do you think?