Spent a summer weekend hunting for on-market deals on days off with a realtor.

Every market can be invested in successfully.

Your focus on the Dallas market and Fix and Flip projects sounds solid, especially with the DIY approach and having an interior designer on your team. 

You would really want to do your own due diligence and probably fly to the market(s) you'd like to invest in.

I would rather invest in safe markets that produce a good return, then I can use that income to pay for a vacation anywhere in the world.I'm very pessimistic about the STR market in Hawaii.

What is the best strategy in your opinion to niche down on a target audience in any given market?

Those that own it can be harder to sell as the cash flow from the business will cover the debt service for the business, but not for the real estate.Example: I had a very high-end assisted living facility on the market. 

How would you research a potential market?

I almost exclusively sell bank foreclosures for a large asset management company, and I also do a lot of marketing for wholesale deals.

Welcome Surya, I work the Atlanta market.