As you begin you REI journey here is a piece of advicecheck out this website for a great over view of a city https://www.areavibes.com/This website gives you a total livability score and you can see things like crime rate, housing, walking score and more.Best of luck!

They even sent someone from the city to the house to tell us to stop operating it as a STR. 

Overall, it's going to be up to the state and local governments to enact changes that will affect the local housing markets.

Spend a little more money than you might have been planning to, buy in a better area (i.e. not a “turn key” 100k house off the mls), and self manage.

Best thing is to call the housing authority that manages the voucher program in your city/county.

Current house is 2500 sqFt 4 bed 2.5 baths. 

Transaction volumes continue to be slowed with days on market increasing, but Sellers are remaining defiant and not coming off too much of their higher prices.

I would focus on coaching that helps you become a local expert and build relationships with sellers, not try all the BS marketing techniques.

Purchasing a property for your child while they attend college can be a strategic investment and a great way to provide them with stable housing.

A recent study showed that 80 people are moving to this city every single week, which will continue to increase housing demand.