They found that targeting traveling nurses and medical residents provided reliable income, especially with amenities like a washer/dryer and blackout curtains.. details that are often overlooked but highly valued.For STR potential, I’d suggest researching local tourism data.

@Jason Malabute Yep - I'm currently invested with BAM in Fund #1 and Fund #3 (no money in the war-chest when #2 came around)Distributions have been consistent and reliable and Fund #1 has already generated a 2x equity multiple.

My “reasoning” is based on two points1- the current system of property records filing in a million different jurisdictions with expensive title searches necessary for almost every title transfer and mistakes still being made can be made much less expensive, much faster, and much more reliable through migration to some sort of “blockchain” National registry.2- Numerous investments have been divided into, and offered as tranches of the whole.  

And you need your property occupied by a reliable tenant.

I don't take a credit score as a reliable metric in my market.

These areas tend to attract more reliable, long-term tenants who are usually more financially stable and take better care of the property.

April is a safe month to "play the market" if you will, because the market starts picking up as a whole then but, a good reliable tenant to me always seems better than making a few hundred more a month.

Factor 8%-10% for a reliable property manager (use AllPropertyManagement.com).After that, you're golden.

Since you plan to travel often, focusing on systems and building a reliable team: agent, lender, property manager, and contractor. 

A simple baseline plan might’ve steered him toward properties with more reliable maintenace histories or a stronger neighborhood profile, saving him a lot of sweat.