Curious how this will play out in the courts (granted it's LTR) and affect pricing products used for STR such as PriceLabs (which I use but have to seriously manually adjust for very specific reasons).

Class A properties are going to cost you more, have lower cash flow, yet be more attractive to a higher quality tenant base.

He prides himself on having "realistic" standards and claims to value inner qualities over appearance.

Those qualities can be the difference between closing a deal and walking away empty-handed.What about you?

When you go to a Bank or Credit Union, they can only offer you what products that bank or credit union offer. 

Are their listings detailed with good-quality photos?

Here's a https://www.irs.gov/businesses/cost-segregation-audit-technique-guide-chapter-4-principal-elements-of-a-quality-cost-segregation-study-and-report to the IRS website noting specific items that are included in the cost segregation study report. hmm, that website is a 404 error.  

Looking for in country contacts banks, agents, contractors, recommended areas, etc to prep for a productive visit.  

i invest via 50/50 partnerships. i find/coordinate/manage the deal, and my partner brings the capital to the deal & approves large expenses. on their end, it's just about as hands-off as investing in a syndication, but they get to be one of just two main 50/50 decision-makers. and when there are just two parties involved in a deal like this, vs it being diluted across tons of investors, i find it's also possible for the capital partner to see much higher returns. when it comes to teaming up in real estate i'm much more relationship-based and less transactional. i'd rather do fewer very high-quality, carefully selected deals, each with just one capital partner, so that i can really serve that person's best interests and get us amazing results, vs. doing a bunch of diluted deals. i also feel a lot of syndicators out there are newer to the game, lack experience, haven't used their own money enough, and don't use their investors' dollars with enough caution. it gives the high quality syndicators a bad name.

National banks typically do not offer products that suite your needs here. 2.