I've stepped up my aggressiveness, with a certain number of places to view every week and a stronger and more confident speech for the landlords.

Most begin with smaller or single units to gain experience, but if you have the capital you can jump into the deep end, you can hire management.Financing will be commercial and with that borrowers will be required to show the ability to manage their business venture, the lack of knowledge and experience usually means the borrower will need to show stronger financial abilities to compensate for their newness. 

I assume Marriott is getting much more competitive pricing on 4000 units than I can get as a regular guy buying 1.I suppose you could probably break even with maybe some sugar on top if you want to use it yourself but just seemed like I could double (or more) the gross income in a stronger STR market for the same investment amount. 

Congrats on getting in the game, your game will only get stronger.

The bank will be after the equity and is less willing to work with the person on ways to keep them in the property.Seems like backwards thinking to me since less leverage = stronger cash flow and a less of a chance of getting behind on the payments to begin with.

However, I still have a hard money guy, because options make you stronger.

Also, as long as the dollar is viewed as a "reserve currency" the more issues the world has the stronger the dollar has normally gotten. 

I'm still looking to grow my other businesses and my RE business and come out of this stronger than ever while also working on bettering myself physically and intellectually with this "time off".

The quality of construction tends to be better and the location generally is stronger.

I have seen pricing nearly double in the last 5, 7 years, and see it getting even stronger.