By the time you get to know the market, you'll have a better understanding of the players, including the wholesalers and investors.

You can find out a lot that way too.Finally - know that there are usually plenty of seasoned players bidding against you.  

That is where the commercial brokers specialize in knowing the main players in any given area. 

New Western has been a player for years.

That's why it's a smart move to obtain estimates from various sources, not just the major players like Zillow and Realtor.

Im quickly learning that escrow seems to be the more important player in this.

Some people treat their STR like a hobby and others treat it like a business.You don’t know the numbers are based on if owners use it 3 months a year themselves, or manage it themselves and have STR knowledge or farm it out to a competent or incompetent property manager.In one area I invest in, the biggest players are all large direct booking sites with hundreds of properties so their revenue doesn’t show up on airDNA, etc.Use conservative numbers and understand your skills in terms of getting a property to be unique, marketing, listing management, etc. or the competency of the PMs you are interviewing.Good luck!

Hi my name is Shane O'Neill I am a current professional soccer player playing in major league soccer for Toronto FC.

Key player in Toledo, @Engelo Rumora I hear he does great things for his clients 

definitely like Franklinton, could see east Franklinton developing into a young/middle-upper class mixed use neighborhood (Boston Seaport) and west Franklinton developing to a township-style neighborhood in the long term (Columbus stacks in Ready Player One)