Focus on creating a serene, standout vibe and avoid furniture sets.

We’re deep into long-distance or remote investing ourselves, but we’re focused on rural southeast US—think rural Georgia, Alabama, Carolinas.

It really depends on your investing goals—some REITs focus more on dividends, while others prioritize growth.

When planning a home renovation, it's easy to focus on the excitement of picking out tiles, colors, and layouts—but there’s a lot happening behind the walls and floors that often gets overlooked. 

I wouldn't focus singularly on individual city initiatives/projects and would recommend focusing more on fundamentals.

Also, focus on 2 years of job/income stability.Class D Properties:Cashflow vs Appreciation: Typically, all cashflow with little, maybe even negative, relative rent & value appreciationVacancy Est: 20%+ should be used to cover nonpayment, evictions & damages.Tenant Pool: majority will have FICO scores under 560 (almost 30% probability of default), little to no good tradelines, lots of collections & chargeoffs, recent evictions.

Sure, because when you take rent payments out of the equation you can focus on the tenant landlord relationship and providing the best experience for the tenant.All the best!

Yes, it looks cool on Instagram and sells a lot of memberships but you get in the group and find many reasons to focus on more traditional strategies right away. 

Break even, appreciation focused?

I would say the biggest thing I would do is focus on finding bigger cash-flow markets known for great rents and try to see if that works.