I signed up for their investor profile because I am interested in the appreciation in the North Texas (or northern suburbs of DFW) market.

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

Then to find inventory, you need to search out, i.e. network, and find out who is creating these type of notes or you help people that may have an interest in seller financing how to create a note that is marketable to the secondary market.

Likewise, marketing in general.

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. 

Networking and market research will be key to finding the right deals and scaling your portfolio.

Every market can be invested in successfully.

My last deal was my first off market deal and when I contacted the sellers wife about the deposits she said that that was a given as part of a multi family sale and they’d write me a check at the closing as I requested because money was tight and I didn’t want a credit where I’d have to come up with the funds out of pocket later.

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.

The more effort you put in to make your home stand out in a (maybe) already congested market, the higher the chances are that someone books your furnished rentals over others.