I'm curious if the impact from COVID may help change cities' opinions towards using investment properties for STR's, as there is a health concern element to staying in hotels/motels where there are definitely more risks involved in exposure.

access to market and MLS. access to marketing. exposure to deals I wouldn't have done on my own. networking.But having said that, I was suffocating in my ex-company. they wanted to "turn me into a Realtor", " tied my hand bc they were uncomfortable with Investor risks and issues". 

ive actually had 2 properties previously. one was my house in Georgetown that i "flipped" while living in. the second was my wifes house in Richmond Hill before we got married. we tried to make it a rental but it was a disaster from the start, that was my first exposure to just how important a property manager is and how they are all definitely not created equal. i was just winging it then and completely clueless. since then ive been reading a lot of books and have dived in to podcast. planning to buy a rental later this years, this time ill be a little more ready. looking for some people in the area interested in real estate also to bounce ideas off of. maybe partner up on some future projects.

What we are looking to do is have several LLC's established to separate everything and minimize exposure.  

You just have to look for ones in good condition to minimize your exposure  for repairs.  

Over exposure may lead to respiratory irritation and coughing.

Freddie and Fannie will look at crime reports for that area, if their is a significant amount of "violent crime" they tend to try and shy away or limit their exposure on a case by case basis. 

This would get you some exposure to bigger deals and it would be passive and save you a chunk in taxes.

This will give you a ton of exposure to the business although some parts of the job can be monotonous. 

they want exposure as much as possible.