Looking for advice on marketing the property to either students + parents for long term renting, or to travel nurses, etc. for medium term. 

Here are a few talking points and mindset shifts I’m focusing on this year that may help other investors as well.1.

Welcome, Keaton — seriously impressive mindset for 16.

That mindset feels especially important right now, with underwriting and operations doing a lot more of the heavy lifting than they did a few years ago.I’m based in the Midwest and spend a lot of time thinking about how deals actually hold up post-close, especially around debt structure and operational assumptions.

Agents need to be on top of the regulation here since it's unique and understand the mindset of a STR investor and the factors that truly matter in acquiring a property to turn into a STR.

You’re approaching this with the right mindset from the start. 

Planning your day, week, month, and year builds predictable momentum around what’s important to you.That same mindset completely changed how I run my rentals.If you plan to save X% for vacancy, X% for CapEx, and X% for repairs, then when those expenses show up, they’re already on the “calendar.”

I’m not saying cold calling never works.If you’re established, have capital, or are hiring callers — that’s a different conversation.But if you’re brand new and trying to bootstrap everything for free, I think this mindset holds people back more than it helps.In my own experience, the biggest results came when I focused on:One lead sourceGetting better at real conversationsImproving follow-up and closing skillsThe method mattered less than the skill.Learning how to talk to sellers and solve problems created momentum — not grinding for the sake of grinding.Struggle doesn’t automatically make you better.Sometimes it just makes success take longer.Curious where others land on this.If you’re newer:What lead source helped you gain traction fastest?

Love this mindset!

On the same mindset, if the design works in every way, but the budget is so far out of Wack it can't be built, how good is the design?