Perform your own investigation and build your own rent roll/spreadsheets to confirm everything.

Lack of performance I would say. 

Sometimes just talking it out with someone who’s done it before can give you the confidence boost you need.In the end, you'll have to learn mostly from experience on your own and through others.

Perform the same task in each app to ensure a fair comparison.Load a property with pictures and details.Market that property.See what your marketing looks like from the public's perspective.Submit a fake application to see how easy the process is.Run a credit/screening report on yourself.Enter a maintenance request, assign a vendor, and attach a fake invoice.Enter charges to the tenant's ledger.Enter recurring charges and automatic late fees.Sign documents electronically.Run owner reports.After testing a few apps, one should clearly stand out.

When you get the sheriff’s proposed distribution of funds, there will be a copy of a title search that was performed by a title company selected by the sheriff; that title company is possibly the best place to go to ask whether you should buy a title policy - they did the search and should be willing to insure.

Austin is going to perform worse, both for multifamily asset values and rent growth, than Chicago, in 2024, and likely into 2025 as well. 

With medium interest rates, you might see a slight impact on cash flow, but BTR properties often still perform well due to their new construction and lower maintenance costs.I’m currently working in the Indianapolis market, specializing in new build duplexes that we construct with strong rental returns in mind.

General appreciationIf it is in a solid area, maybe the play is appreciation and then a few years later do a 1031 exchange to another, better performing property.With multifamily, typically you can't do STR, but maybe MTR?

It's a cute little 2bed/2bath on bluff mountain and it's performing better than I could have imagined.  

I only turned off Instant booking during Covid.It been back on for a long time.My Vrbo account manager also said be sure to offer a 10% discount on week or longer stays to help boost your search position.