Be open to learning for your entire career, the speed of change in all markets today demand constant and never ending learning.Give yourself plenty of time to build your careerOne caveat, building your career will take some time.

90 percent of my business comes from Airbnb, and I’m able to obtain premier host on vrbo still (I think the threshold for this is very low). my issue with vrbo is I pay 8 percent because they won’t give me the $500 subscription. 5 percent difference over low 6 figures adds up. in my experience I find the vrbo guests to be more demanding and asking more questions about basic things.

With about one house every other month coming for sale under $1M and 10 offers each time it does I’d say demand is out pacing supply.

Higher rents demand a tenant to show they can make 3x the rent. 

You could have an attorney send a demand letter to the seller, his attorney, and the new buyer.

You also don't get your money right away,  you essentially habe another process to go through to get it.Sometimes getting a lawyer to write a demand letter scares tenants enough to give some if not all the owed amount.

If not, plan B is to have an attorney draft a demand letter.

A good property manager will be able to help you with this as they should have a good pulse on the market for the aesthetic demand of things.Also, you can ask your contractor if they have someone or work with someone who aids them with design of things.

If the city is on board with the idea and there's a market demand, it could work.

Not to mention our appreciation has been 8% higher than the US national average, because of the high demand for affordable housing.I recommend you read this article on OOS investing.