I think the STR model has great ability to quickly become a scalable business opportunity, especially since smart home technology has become relatively affordable so that might be another area that will be expensive now, but payoff well down the road. 

With technology, managing remotely is easier now than ever before!

I am not a technology consultant.

If your goals are sales and or investing, I would align with the right Brokerage that allows you to achieve your goals while they take care of the onboarding, training, technology, liability and everything else that comes with running a Brokerage.  

Some private flood policies do as well sometimes but the private insurance typically have their own more advanced technology to determine the risk for a property.

Also, Im a semi-retired CTO/COO and would like to speak to others with either similar ideas or people that are interested in combining smart technology with property investment

@Brent T Galbreath I think solar technology is really cool, but I have never been able to figure out how to make it work on any of my rentals.

What type of technology do they offer and does that cost more?

I might be playing to your bias as someone in the technology space, but given the secular trend of capital concentrating in technology companies, try to buy near their headquarters if you are looking for appreciation.

"Buy Bitcoin"Block chain technology may be life changing in the next decade, but bitcoin appears to be the next napster, netscape navigator, etc.