@Ofir R.Recommend you first figure out the property Class you want to invest in, THEN figure out the corresponding location to invest in.Property Class will typically dictate the Class of tenant you get, which greatly IMPACTS rental income stability and property maintenance/damage by tenants.If you apply Class A assumptions to a Class B or C purchase, your expectations won’t be met and it may be a financial disaster.If you buy/renovate a property in Class D area to Class A standards, what quality of tenant will you get?

You could probably afford $20,000 without much impact on your budget.

Quote from @Joy Daniels: I manage short-term rentals in the Sarasota area, and I'm always looking for innovative ways to boost occupancy rates year-round.From your experience, what marketing strategies have had the biggest impact on keeping your properties booked?

And the impact to housing and the economy as a whole if this path is followed?

My only regret is that I never considered real estate decades ago, but I look forward to this journey and the impact it will have on my family.  

A couple developers we work with skip LIHTC and the tax credits and go the route of impact funds to help alongside other debt and sometimes equity. 

It’s personal to the employees, who are directly impacted by the work culture of the business and rely on it as a source of income.

A lot of research and studies have come out around high paying jobs make large impacts. 

If you like impacting the nation by providing affordable housing you can really put people in houses here.

, 2) it manages the properties directly so there are many hands in the cookie jar, and 3) how/when/impact if "they" decide to liquidate properties and what would be the exact impact to me?