Aiming to get a C property, in a B neighborhood, to attract the best of the worst in terms of clients to capture stability of section 8.The biggest thing I'm stuck on is knowing who to trust. 

The core-4 consists of a realtor, contractor, property manager, and a lender.

It's important to avoid trying to time the market; instead, focus on consistent investing.

One was about VRBO sunsetting their subscription service to new hosts and the other was about them using rate consistency in their rating algorithm.

The market is competitive but if you deliver a consistent quality, in demand product at a good value you will do fine. 

As they look around, if they do, they will not find a better price and it is easier to stay.We also make sure we are consistent across tenants each year. 

That's a good example of a 'healthy' mortgage market albeit fairly astonishing that banks would consider the revenue data accurate and consistent enough to lend on.

My wife and I purchased our first rental property here in Maui in June of 2023 to use as an STR as it was a consistent market, numbers worked, and we live 5 minutes away from the property so self-managing made sense! 

I also recommend you start figuring out how to terminate a lease when the tenant is consistently late, or how to evict if they fail to pay by a certain date.

@Kathy Creighton-Smith, the Internal Rate of Return (IRR) is the metric that captures the entire picture of the total return of owning real estate.