I am also a licensed real estate agent in New Jersey and a volunteer youth football, basketball and baseball coach.

You want to learn to become an asset hunter and not a spreadsheet warrior.

To be successful right now in STR, you either need to go all out and beat everyone else on their table stakes (pickleball, basketball, game rooms, saunas, hot tubs, etc.) or you need to understand the market better than anyone and pick a niche for that market.Right now, you are one post in and just asking for someone to tell you anywhere in the United States to invest, which is silly.

Gotta have basketballs in your pants to be a good PM.

When I hung up my own jersey (though mine was more weekend warrior than college athlete), I found that real estate gave me that same drive and excitement.Lincoln's a fantastic market with plenty of opportunities if you know where to look.

To add to the humor, I skiptrace the guy, I think he has more court cases against him than the weekend warrior training program /guru who has around $2M in judgments against him that he probably just took his weekend course from - because its comical that after this guru holds his course every new investor comes out of the wood work with the same facebook and email campaign that they have been teaching for the past ten years.. 

And it's awesome that you have such diverse interests outside of real estate—singing professionally and playing basketball must keep you quite busy and balanced!

These basketball players from outside the USA whoop the USA inside the USA. 

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Cornhole board games, Horse shoes, Volley Ball net or Basketball net, Non expensive poker table with cars and chips, board games, Playstation or Nintendo for the teens, even spend a little extra for a full size stand up arcade game.You would be surprised the extra stars and kind words a few family nights of fun can make memories and people wanting to come back!