The country is very diverse and half an hour in the car can lead to dramatically different markets / opportunities.

If done properly, self managing an STR will require very little time and effort and can increase your ROI dramatically. 

As we all know the economic "crisis"/recession that we are in has greatly affected many areas of real estate by bringing down prices dramatically.

October - April is month-to-month for a dramatically reduced price just to keep it filled.

Although our market has changed dramatically over the last 7 years, properly identifying the costs associated with a flip is still a hot topic and should always be.

@Peter Amour Dramatic before & after pics.

Indianapolis is great because of the affordable to almost all range of homeowners and the market prices do not fluctuate dramatically like they do in CA.

It’s difficult to grow your real estate investing career early on through investing in low cap rate properties unless you have the funds to tear it down and build it up or dramatically renovate it.

I think the bullet holes in your property comment might be over dramatizing it.

I could easily consolidate a loan or 2 or extend my mortgages for longer times and drop my payments pretty dramatically.