I was lucky enough to be sitting on a nice-sized pile of untapped equity at the start of the pandemic.

They are essentially betting on you as an individual will not only follow through with your word to execute this business plan, but also that there won't be another pandemic shutting down the economy, a soft landing for a coming recession, real wage growth to grow with increasing rents, no additional restrictions on landlords to remove nonpaying tenants, AND that the real estate market will keep humming along as it has been, increasing in value each year.

Since the pandemic, more folks have been allowed to work remotely so I know, at least in my market (here in Chattanooga, TN) we've seen a massive influx of remote workers coming in for a month to 3 or even 6 and then moving on.

But the pandemic is only part of our story.

My name is Fade and I'm a wholesaler based out of Maryland and I've done a good number of deals over the past year and a half.I've been studying subject-to transactions for the past couple months in preparation for the gap in income the pandemic caused and the amount of creative financing inventory that is going to pop up.

The pandemic has made commutes largely irrelevant for many.

It is not difficult even in the pandemic.

If you're a commercial investor- There are some vacancy rate challenges as there are in all big cities as we recover from the pandemic. 

I’ve purchased my first investment property over this pandemic when all seemed hopeless and I definitely plan on investing more!

In short, look for properties that have unique features that money cannot buy; tucked into the hills, lots of land, unique land formations, scenic views (not just the ordinary desert view, we're talking real scenic jaw dropping views), etc.One thing to know about demand is that 30% of all active STRS on Airbnb came online within the last 2 years so although the number of bookings is up year over year, those bookings are being spread out amongst more properties which is bringing occupancy rates down.That said, many STR owners purchased at the height of this last STR bull-run hoping to cash in on the craze and are now struggling because they ran numbers using outlier pandemic year statistics.