To recap: Be extremely cautious with flat fee MLS sites that only refer business to other agents.Bonus PointsYou should also consider the ease of use of the flat fee MLS listing provider, for example, can you complete everything online?

However, it is extremely stupid in my opinion to put that kind of requirement on the offer.

There's still solid deals to be had in that market, people who bought in 2021/2022 and poorly manage are looking to exit and we've helped secure a few sub to deals in that market + we have some clients who've bought as a 2nd home recently and done extremely well.

Hard assets with (extreme) volatility will take out mom & pop; not just via barrier to entry but also by temptation to sell.I have done the following, and I think a few folks have copied me in certain areas and that's you buy the land and offer to re-sell with the condition you anchor the build(3rd party it to a real builder, in my case) for a rent to own or just resell.

Verifying last 2 years of rental history and income extremely important to find the “best of the worst”.Make sure you understand the Class of properties you are looking at and the corresponding results to expect.

The contracts and how they are written is extremely important.

The cost of living is extremely low compared to other cities and you can still many many positive cash flowing and 1% deals here.

Both cash flow extremely well

As far as strategy goes, long term rentals are extremely hard to cash flow right now and are more of a long term play on the appreciation side(never buy solely for that reason).

That made us extreme equity in these last three years.