Of course, less traffic in the summer (room for corporate rental!)

It is located in an extremely high-traffic location in a very trendy and well-established neighborhood.

If there's enough traffic, there might be profit.Try to do a short-sale with the lender.

Right now only about 1-2% of my revenue comes from GVR.I can imagine GVR becoming pay-to-play and you having to spend money to gain traffic from it at some point, but if you are working with a PMS that offers that integration for free (shameless plug of Hospitable.com 😉 full disclosure, I work there) then right now any traffic or bookings you do get are a great bonus!

According to a friend who is an expert in driving traffic to websites, if you consistently blog 2x/week, you can build a large audience within 6 months.  

You need to know the traffic counts that go by your business daily.

I list on AirBnB and VRBO, although 90% of my traffic comes from AirBnB.I’ve been running a STR for 3 years now (Carlsbad, California) and it does great.

The traffic count there is extremely high, made up of 90% vacationers, but there are no competing hotels nearby, just a handful of small cabins and bed and breakfasts.  

That way, when you run ads on google, you get the traffic straight to your website (without competitor recommendations!).

“Traffic” people are bad people, but why not use that to an advantage?