While building this business, I started making connections with others in the industry.

He's a leader in the property management industry.

My real estate goals include investing in long-term rentals with the potential for mid-term rentals, leveraging my spouse’s career as an OT in the healthcare industry.

These are prime locations, think near downtown or popular tourist destinations where demand for short-term rentals is typically high.

@Albert Gallucci as many have pointed out, in the commercial space of 100+ apartment buildings and offices, property classes have some pretty decent industry standards.We started applying these to 1-4 unit properties around 10 years ago, which you can verify on our blogs, because we saw too many newbie investors not properly taking into account things like, neighborhood status, tenant pool, property condition, etc.Unfortunately, there's no industry standard for this, but you can use some basic logic to think your way through your own Classifications.

My suggestion is to find some real estate industry surveys (via CBRE or others) and look for the MF cap rates in various cities/states/regions.

Also find some funding and some friends that can help catapult me to where I am trying to go.Hey Jerome,I used to be in the trucking industry myself.

Hi Alex, I've also spent some time looking into STR. have looked into Gatlinburg, Destin, etc. good luck to you guys!

Being in the construction industry should help you on your REI journey.

You might find it useful to attend a meetup or two just to learn how other folks got their start into the industry :) I host a small/intimate meetup once a month in LIC, check it out here: https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/521/topics/1214850-meet...