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Surprisingly I do know someone who is living in an ADU and has both levels of the main house on the AirBnb in San Francisco and this person is booked over 85% of the time.

Seems like there's been a lot of new properties completed in the past couple years and more on the way, so I don't think at the market level it's going to bounce back too fast.But although I think most deals might not be great right now, if you're able to invest at a really compelling price point and you don't have any occupancy issues out the gate, I'm sure you'd be fine.

You take the stumbling block, learn from it, and use it as a stepping stone to take you to the next level.

Wages for all income levels need to catch up to prices.

Regardless of your level of plain/simple vs rustic vs fancy, you can do it for much less by just going to used furnishing stores (primarily).I used both 1) high-end second hand stores (meaning not primarily Goodwill and Salvation Army), and 2) lower level antiques stores where they have decent pieces for say < $500.

.--- You can also go down ONE level, but only in high demand areas.

Crickets.Tumbleweeds.A single sad violin.So here I am.I threw literally every penny I have—like, coins-in-the-couch-cushions levels—into the down payment for my first duplex.

That realtor will never know the data at the level that STR Search does, but they are part of the process.

It really depends on your comfort level.