Every market can be invested in successfully.

Likewise, marketing in general.

I would rather invest in safe markets that produce a good return, then I can use that income to pay for a vacation anywhere in the world.I'm very pessimistic about the STR market in Hawaii.

A true levelized cost of energy (what the true price would be if it were an actual free market) gets very complicated quickly and it's basically impossible to calculate accurately due to the energy industry being so heavily manipulated by incentives from the government for so long, across all forms of energy. 

I know this is also a National issue, especially in land constricted markets.

What marketing efforts are they going to do outside of just posting in the MLS.

All these properties were purchased for under 100k (not possible now, we got lucky with the downswing of the market at that time).

@Gil CanfuWith a $300k price range, you're definitely in a good position to find some solid investment opportunities in the North Texas market.

,  occupancy rates, capex plans, competitor rental rate study, market study, etc.  

Rental market is pretty strong, there are a lot of good economic drivers.