The key evaluation data points for STR investors are accurate records of rental income and occupancy and/or projections from local mangers and online tools.

So I would only send properties to the agent that you have run numbers on and maybe have driven by, so that you know you like the neighborhood.#2. 

May 2024 data showed an 11.9% year-over-year increase in median sale prices for single-family homes.

I've been a field superintendent at GCs, and now I work on the product/data team of a construction cost data company.

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I like to get all the data and then I can filter as needed.

Happy to share some data on it if you want.

You can use data sites to find buyers who have purchased properties under an LLC and then skiptrace the owners, knowing they buy in the area and have similar inventory to their buy box. 

So, like many, I've been intentionally on the sideline, but staying quite active with learning and keeping up with the economic data.

Don't let people undermine your efforts and your methodology.