Anyone who has stayed in STRs before has had the experience of picking a place that has had great reviews and the pictures were really nice, but when you get there half the stove burners don't work, the hot tub goes out of order twice and the airport flight path is overhead.

Clean stove burners when the "eye" needs simple maintenance.c.

Installing fire stoppers (also known as stove fire suppressors or range hood fire stops) can be a simple and affordable way to prevent a small cooking mishap from turning into a full-blown disaster.Fire stoppers are compact, automatic fire suppression devices that attach directly under your stove’s range hood or above each burner.

I've been buried with tax preparation and a couple projects, so BP moved from the back burner to completely off the stove!

Ideas went on the back burner.

Especially if you get burners that ignite when you use them instead of old fashioned ones that are on constantly.

heheI miss the Midwest's "simple" mentality of my common folks.Even tho, as you mentioned the weather can get brutal.It's always a tough gig to do deals from afar unless buying turnkey.Even then, turnkey is not worth it unless the portfolio is big.As soon as you can, move to the market you want to invest in and with time you might become "institutionalized" to it just like I did with Toledo hahaI put Ohio Cashflow on the back burner 3 years ago as I got burnt out on working with investors lolWe only sell from time to time to our existing book of business and if I like the specific investor hahaI list most deals on the MLS and once sold, I clean my hands.No need to babysit the never satisfied and disgruntled landlords expecting retirement from 1 turnkey property...Unfortunately, it is what it is and I ate $#@% for many years before I said enough is enough heheOz Realty has been the bread and butter for us and our main focus since we shifted focus.Crazy that I'm even typing this as I hated PM for many years and considered it just as the "necessary evil" in order to offer a turnkey product.Now, if I could turn back time, I'd never do turnkey and would only do PM hehe.Everything happens for a reason mate.Granted, it took 7+ years to create a lean and efficient PM machine heheI'm in Toledo every month for 7-10 days so feel free to hit me up whenever you are in town.All the best mate 🙏 @Engelo Rumora , haha, a new book would be valid for sure, as things do change fast in this world, looking forward to it. 

It’s not magic pill.

Was a tough pill to swallow. 

This has been a very tough pill to swallow.