I'm interested in learning more about the Oak Park, Downtown, and Midtown areas to optimize for a MTR / STR strategy.

From the start you get a full website with content that is semi optimized and interlinked.

BiggerPockets needs to aspire to perfection in every single piece of content reflecting a “rational optimism” about real estate investing - we believe in it’s power, and fear near-term volatility. 

It seems like each market has its own set of tradeoffs to consider and it ultimately comes down to what I'm optimizing for at this stage of my investor journey. 

Proceeds from the flips aid continuous buying, and when refinancing, a lower LTV results in favorable interest rates, optimizing cash flow.

This may help you figure out an optimal down payment percentage that may be somewhere between the 3.5% and the 40% that could give you a higher CoC return.

Obviously, a complete and well built website with interactive components and quality information that’s constantly update and optimized for particular keywords to show up on the first page of search engines (including YouTube) will bring in the MOST valuable leads.  

Small business optimism is down, mostly due to high inflation and weakening demand.

CEO Bruce Thorn noted Big Lots would close underperforming stores and focus on optimizing its store fleet.

It all depends on where you are in your investing career on whether you should optimize for loans or taxes.