But it goes to show everyone reading this that marketed projected returns are often the primary metric many investors look at.  

There is no one size fits all answer for this question, market to market, and property to property are all different. 

Unless you are sourcing properties yourself off-market, REI became much more challenging in 2023, and downright brutal since the start of 2024 here.   

Brian,Because VT is a traditional rental market (ski houses), depending on the minimum duration you will be allowing for rentals (ie. monthly, Weekly, etc.) there are some regular carriers in the New England Market that will write it. 

If I'm ever in need of a broker in the DE markets, I will reach out. 

Being in the Austin market gives you a great advantage since it’s such a hotspot for investors.

My former experience has been with LTR and I'm currently focused on STR in E TN but interested in learning other useful strategies and expanding markets in later deals. 

So they used the actual rented data of these companies to compare what rentals should go for in your market.

its a booming market! 

Personally, I wouldn’t invest in a market where appreciation averages only 2%.