I’m here to learn and grow, so any advice or resources you’re willing to share would be incredibly appreciated.

Thanks for sharing this—it’s incredibly motivating!

Some people are mentioning how they’ve been successful buying OOS site unseen.BUT, let’s keep in mind that that was a totally different market ago where almost everybody succeeded (low rates, incredible appreciation etc.) 

Of course, you can do this in a stand-alone rental, but numbers are incredibly tight for house hackers now, so I thought it would be better served in this forum.Let's take a four-family where you house hack one of the units:1.

He felt so bad about the situation that he did the additional repairs at cost, which was a huge relief and saved me from further losses.My Agent: My real estate agent, who helped me purchase the property, was incredible.

Is there other market wide metrics that apply here? 

YOU did.You are just so incredibly stubborn you are not willing to listen to what anyone is telling you unless what they are telling you aligns with what you want to hear.

I know many agents have been coached to use a scare tactic that in theory a seller could refuse to pay any buyer commission, but that is an incredibly remote possibility.

Quote from @Frank Alfano: Thanks, Amir—this is incredibly helpful feedback!

Interesting as there were a couple of posts a year ago after the widely distributed article in the media essentially calling it a STR crash.