Whether it be a renovation project, remote geographical location, or some other "hassle factor" that suppresses buyer demand, you're not going to check all of your boxes if you want a good return. 

Not long ago, there was no such thing as dscr loans, rates were only moderately suppressed at times, and much real estate was undervalued-(affordability-wise) still equalizing from the downturn, oh, and we didn't have a global situation which caused widespread disruption and general concern.

It’s hard enough to comp STRs bc less-than-optimized pricing can suppress total revenue significantly even if the property & mgmt are otherwise comparable to what you feel you can deliver. 

And keep in mind that the hotels and short term investors want the cities to crack down on all of the investors that aren't following the rules like the fire suppression systems, emergency exits, Certificates of Occupancy, City inspections and other safety updates that cost money.That being said, the going rate is always in flux. 

IF they do the opposite then you'll likely see a suppression of the potential value of the home. 

Fed and govt have been suppressing this for so many years by printing money, stimulus but how long...we have reached the end of road.I think there are many who agree with you.

.- You could suppress this number by increasing depreciation and maybe finding other deductible items, but that would not be a DIY project.

Noticed the seller had some significant inefficiencies in his management structure that were suppressing his NOI.

All one needs to do is buy the  list with 1-1-1900 to today as last sale date and suppress against that a list without the sale date as a filter. 

List 1 run for absentee and owner occupied separately30-100 equity30,000+ equity dollar2-3 bedroomslast sale date to the day of list pullCurrent value zero to medianSFR NO trusts or corpsList 2 run for absentee and owner occupied separately 30-100 equity30,000+ equity dollar2-3 bedroomsNo sale date filterCurrent value zero to medianSFR Include trusts or corpsDon't dedup this list but suppress against list 1