These policies always weed out competition, ultimately backfiring on the very people they are intended to protect.I’ll invest as always in CO, and while I won’t vote for people who push such policies, I’ll keep investing, knowing that more government prevents the market from working and introducing supply long-term, limiting my competition and driving up rents and demand from quality tenants ever faster.

For this you need to generate MOTIVATED seller leads.See what cold claling and driving for dollars is doing  is you finding "people".

For the bottom of the commercial market, properties not deemed worthy of Loopnet, a lot of driving around, using Cagis or similar GIS databases to get owners' name and addresses, and putting notes and business cards in doors is an alternative to Loopnet (I don't know about Crexi).

A condo shouldn't be too expensive to furnish and design and you'll drive a higher ROI.  

However, I'm currently based in CA, and we pay a pretty penny of our post-tax money to vacation in Airbnbs over the summer so that's one (personal) benefit to purchasing one, and I would like to be able to visit the property relatively easily (ie. by driving there).

The property is about 3 hours drive from my primary residence and I go there once or twice every week to work with my contractors to coordinate and manage the renovation.

This property has been great, and while our traffic in Nashville in 2020 was extremely low due to COVID, the mountains, lakes and beaches have been booked solid - with people looking for regional vacations they can drive to.Things are picking up in a big way in Nashville, still not back to normal, but picking up nonetheless...

The second property is west of us about an hour’s drive in Cordell, Oklahoma.

Listen to the guy that drives an old truck, buys his clothes at Costco, and won't tell you how many properties he owns. 

I reply, "If I were you, I would get in your car now and drive it away BEFORE the tow company comes.