-Large cities with the largest 👇in rent: Indianapolis IN, Providence MA, Denver CO, Hartford CT, Boston MA, Atlanta GA (Construction Coverage).

Once you are an experienced investor and know rental rates and costs you can provide value to clients. 

I called the zoning department and they are telling me this is a Mixed use building (N zone).

More likely is that they have been 'touched' by a many people providing the same service and narrow their selection to the few where they formed an favorable impression.

@Sean Gallagher not a sales pitch, but this is what we provide for investors in Metro Detroit:)Understand that if you hire the latest & greatest PMC, many grow using poorly trained VA's. - Your portfolio will suffer:(You want a PMC that has great systems in place, including a great portal where you can keep tabs on eveything.You will also need to manage your PMC on a regular basis.

And finding a home that needs a good renovation and mixing it with these other strategies really helps.As far as areas go, easier to cashflow on the outer suburbs of Raleigh and on the Durham side of the triangle.

It offers flexibility as a landlord to be able to offer more or less rooms as needed, protection to the landlord in that you can hedge with adding LTR or STR to the mix, and simplification to the business as your only dealing with one address.

My focus is shifting from cash flow to equity management as well as our portfolio mix.

As some of the responses have intimated, I have received mixed responses about undertaking BRRRs in the current higher interest marketplace.

I have a mix of long term rentals and STRs and rent some of my STSs mid term in the off season so I am happy to share my thoughts and experiences with each strategy in this area.