Is this a sector that is not popular or is it that many people have not looked into it? 

Jen,This is so true and food up most of it 20% plus some natural resource such as gas and oil up 100-200% which cause all transportation and distribution cost to skyrocket...Bottom line another monst bill will affect all of us and worldwide all countries seems to be having BIG inflation issues...

Lessen has raised $170 million in a round led by Fifth Wall to become the latest unicorn in the real estate tech sector, as the space continues to bounce back from a pandemic-induced lull.

But appreciation should be better over time.If you're chasing a particular return you may have to look at different geographies and different sectors. 

Many suppliers have been looking at nearby locations for that exact reason and one has already acted:Zekelman Industries, $2.8B force in construction sector, buys nearly 240 acres north of Tesla factoryA massive construction materials company has acquired hundreds of acres just a few miles from Tesla's gigafactory in eastern Travis County.https://www.bizjournals.com/au...

This response is bit aged but adding here if helpful to others for similar future situations: If you are a US citizen or resident you are subject to US tax on your worldwide income, even if from a property in the DR or anywhere else in the world.Assuming you directly own the property as an individual, generally you're only going to generate a capital gain if you sell or dispose in some other manner the property.

Since mid March 2020 many Companies in service sectors from IT Finance Insurance to others have over 70% of their workforce Working From Home; seems like it will continue till end of 2021.All depending on vaccinations and sars-2 virus mutations; 2022 might be same or beginning of things starting to come to pre covid-19 era normalcy but even then much of early 2022 may be same case WFH for many.

Building a team to cover a 15+ unit property feels like it'd be the most consuming learning curve, and a bit mystifying.If anyone can offer a few good questions to ask in looking for a MF mentor in this sector, I'd appreciate it very much.Paul

That’s a broad umbrella that covers everything from mega institutions to individuals buying vacation homes, but BlackRock, JPMorgan Chase and Goldman Sachs were among the big-name buyers.Institutional investors still own only about 2% of all single-family rentals in the United States, or roughly 300,000 homes, according to John Burns research director Rick PalaciosThe same trend is occurring in England, where American companies are likewise purchasing residential real estate:Institutions poured a record £3.7 billion ($5 billion) into the UK build-to-rent sector in 2020, almost a third of which came from first-time investors, according to real estate consultants Knight Frank.

Just loved the idea of multi-family in the mobile home park sector with the cash flow and and the cash on cash return.