You’ll want to do more than look at nightly rates, your most critical metric is actually occupancy rate, which the pay-for dashboards like AirDNA notoriously misrepresent.

Note that some towns in Mass have notoriously stringent building rules while others may be more lax… your mileage may vary!

Mortgage under about $75k-$80k are notoriously hard to get.

And REOs are notorious for being non-assignable, so students most likely didn't assign to the company.I don't think there is any magic about the Ohio deals I looked at... older properties, low price because of extensive rehab required, REOs, property with high DOM, in the rust belt, ... leper properties.

Credit unions are notorious for having bad and incompetent underwriting and process.

PG and Baltimore city are notorious for taking forever for an eviction.

Mini splits are notorious for leaking at the joints if not properly installed.

ARVs with such buildings is notoriously hard to pin down, especially when a major value add is done.

"Bring more cheese"... sounds like the Notorious BIG...

Another piece from NAR "The Truth About the NAR Settlement" about pervasive misinformation in the media:https://www.nar.realtor/magazine/real-estate-news/law-and-et...Interesting take on Youtube from Jack Gately (real estate agent but not a Realtor):Link may not work, google or search youtube for Jack Gately, "I read the whole 108 page proposed NAR settlement and found a HUGE LOOPHOLE"Notorious ROB's take on it (after he read the settlement) which I thought was really good (paywall alert, sorry):https://notoriousrob.substack.com/p/the-nar-settlement-first...