Owner financing is always desirable, the tradeoff being - as you stated - having to come up with the rehab monies and down payment.Have you considered private lending?

Etc.My desired exit is 3-5.

If she is a stripper or pole dancer there is a chance that she is associating with less than desirable indivulaes.

@Yoel Sarue lack of money is a motivator, if you really have a burning desire to get money.

Lehigh Valley, it’s a very desirable area.

If you have the passion and the desire to learn, age is just a number. 

I have been thinking about STR's and buying more rentals in general but now with that kind of giant buying up condos/SFH/multi's what impact do you think this will have on the rental industry in general (and housing for that matter) and STR- hard for most investors/buyers to compete with something like a hotel chain behemoth when it comes to purchasing power and could drive prices crazy in desirable areas, not to mention the points and perks they can offer for staying on their properties?

Other months or season throughout the year may be not so desirable for buyers.  

This space looks like it could fetch between $600-$900 a month using limited data sources from a less desirable neighborhood. 

Have you ever considered relative high end "less desirable area" like Hickory Hill?