Virtual Assistant would be less affordable but you would have a higher margin and JV partners would be possibly in many cases be less reliable but would be possibly be easier to collab with more holistically. 

Hey Baha, Short-term rentals may be better for you from a holistic standpoint depending on how you earn your other income.

They strongly prefer to do everything holistically so I don't think I could have just picked having the returns done. 

I am a licensed Realtor in the KC area of Kansas, and when identifying "investment-worthy" neighborhoods for my clients, I take a holistic approach to evaluating the area.I don't use one single website, but I use City_Data to help gauge the employment, crime, population income, and other nitty gritty data of each specific zipcode or tract.

I don't necessarily want to make real estate investing my fulltime career, but a very lucrative side hustle to my own business in holistic wellness and urban farming.In 2009, I WAS looking to make real estate investing my fulltime career, mostly as a wholesaler but I've since realized that I do not have a passion for that particular niche, but I do love the flexibility, cash flow, and wealth creation that building a healthy property portfolio provides.At any rate, I look forward to FINALLY engaging with people on the forums, learning, DOING, and sharing with others.

As all good investment strategies aim to give you a good return, a more holistic way to look at that is how the investment fits with your lifestyle/and or comfort level of risk.

If you look at the situation holistically, you aren't increasing your cash flow at all.

A holistic look at the the country as a whole is sometime hard when your familiar area is increasing in price or stay steady.

As investors we need to analyze things holistically not just in a vacuum. 

Toys for the lake, beach, camping, grilling, firepits where allowed, partnering with local businesses to create holistic experiences for the guests.