This sounds like a simple design question, but it directly impacts bookings, reviews, and long-term ROI.Most investors think in terms of square footage and bedroom count.Guests, however, feel bathroom friction immediately.From what I’ve seen reviewing STR layouts, the bathroom-to-bedroom ratio is one of the biggest silent performance drivers.Here’s why.When groups travel — families, couples, friend groups mornings and evenings become traffic jams.

We have 25% + into the homes in terms of equity and ontime monthly payments.

To put this in terms I can buy McDonalds, 0 tenants 0 toilets, at a ~26 P/E today.

Yes, the FN programs are the least favorable in terms of leverage/rate. 

From experience, when dealing in financial/property distress, these sellers tend to be a bit less sophisticated, or ambitious in terms of doing the work themselves (which is probably why they're in the situation to begin with).

If you're chasing 14-day closes with a brand new lender, you're either overpaying or the lender is taking on risk you'll pay for later in terms or rates.The guys pulling 90-100 LTC with 7-day closes?

It just becomes a bit tricky having a partnership in this situation and only one party is the owner occupy for that 1 year.We are discussing for that one year period - Does it make sense (in terms of the partnership) that the remaining mortgage to be paid, after subtracting out the rental income from the other unit, be split between the partners.( Example: total mortgage is $4000 and we are getting $2000 from the other side being rented.

In the wholesaling/investing space, the standard benchmark most people shoot for is a 0.5% to 1% response rate (so 5–10 calls for every 1,000 pieces sent).In terms of closings, the 'rule of thumb' is usually 1 deal per 3,000–5,000 mailers, depending on how competitive your market is and how aggressive your follow-up is.That said, I found that the 'cost per deal' was getting eaten up by bad data (returned mail).

Which areas are you primarily looking for in terms of market?

I guess I'm curious what else she can/should provide me with before I put in an offer, in terms of financials, in order to make sure I have the most accurate estimate of total cost of this property.