Do you have any other roadblocks in your way?

In fact, some of the best opportunities in real estate come from properties that others overlook—distressed homes with potential that just need the right investor to bring them back to life.If you’ve been in the game long enough, you know that distressed properties can offer huge upside, but they also come with their own set of challenges.

Or is it other factors? 

This platform on Bigger Pockets is a great source of information where you can ask questions and also learn from other investor questions.

Quote from @Mark Simpson: Interesting use case for ChatGPT Operator:I asked it to do a market analysis and compare a random Airbnb listing to others in the area.

Other?   

@Corey Curtin has been a stellar agent for my clients.I heard things that involve the city like zoning/permits can take a while in Birmingham compared to other AL markets so I'd be cautious of that. 

They can be problematic for guests to use, rely on connections with other devices that can fail, and are often easier to hack than a key lock.

I can see many people's recommendations in the other thread being focused on house hacking, which makes sense to me. 

We currently own two other duplexes and we've house-hacked all of them.