Alternatively, platforms like Twilio provide excellent customization but might require more technical setup for Podio.

Provides a lot of content on what to consider when buying an STR.

The area you're targeting might be too small for anyone to be able to provide any detailed insight.

For that reason (& other reasons like no one was meeting even online), I started Real Estate Rocks. 

@Matt Wan Many lenders require wet signatures on at least the Promissory Note but if yours does not, as a US citizen you could do the entire signing anywhere on the planet with a good internet connection + mic + camera via Remote Online Notarization (RON) for less than $200.If wet signatures are required, the answer then depends upon what foreign country you are in.

I’d love to hear about the crime rates or any other issues (which we cannot guess from the online stats), and how easy or hard it is to find reliable tenants and property management companies.

Maybe it’s just gut feel, but for some reason It FEELS like these two scenarios will provide excellent opportunities moving forward, while fishing for notes to purchase at significant discounts to current principal enough to yield sufficient returns doesn’t seem as promising.  

Anyone who can provide useful advice would be appreciated.

We do them, but like you we often get push-back from the capital-provider funds.

Their online reviews on google seem great and everything is 5 stars but I promise you the team is terrible.