@Greg ScottThe fund of fund model will start to subside as some of these deals start to have problems.

In my mind, pretty much anyone who buys a duplex or any multi-family home is either a RE investor or an aspiring RE investor and brand new duplexes, what I would consider not typically the best/smartest deals, are still being purchased left and right. 

When 2 out of 11 investments go completely bad, it can't be a sustainable model for investors.Good luck,Glen

I think there could be some work done on this to model ways to put reserve money to work prudently over time. 

We are both in property management and aspire to 1031, exchange our way to owning small apartment complexes and eventually small hotels, like a Courtyard by Marriott or something on that level.

Hello, my name is Ryan Shaughnessy, and I am a 23-year-old aspiring real estate investor.

Padslip has that model, it is a kind of the competition for people who do house hacking :PGood Luck in your search and investment. 

If you're doing a hybrid model of STR and MTR, I would suggest just getting a STR policy. 

After having some difficulty finding qualified tenants who could afford the rent, a highly qualified tenant approached me asking to lease one of the houses using an STR arbitrage model. 

Determine your rental model -- sounds like STRs or Airbnb, right?