Supply and Demand: When buyers outnumber sellers, prices and rents rise.Population Growth: Cities with significant and sustained population increases are more likely to see long-term rent growth.Job Stability and GrowthA property’s value is tied to the jobs in the area.

I've considered areas close to the Falls, but sellers seem to price it a lot higher assuming the buyer can make it up renting it short term. 

Talk to residents, potential buyers and renters to see what their thoughts are regarding home values in the areas. 

Motivated sellers and distressed properties are more likely to surface.Creative Financing: Higher interest rates are opening doors to strategies like seller financing or subject-to deals, where you can secure more favorable terms directly from sellers.Shift in Buyer Preferences: With work-from-home trends still influencing housing demand, suburban and secondary markets are seeing strong growth.

After the trend moving from A-class hype down to B-class availability, to reaching for C/D-class opportunities, I might suspect the next focus would be back into B-class with fundamentals mentioned much earlier in the thread until the market opens back up into a buyer's market, followed by the Class A grabs again.I really appreciate you digging around for this reply.

This amounts to lost opportunity because if you had purchased RE, at the closing it can start producing return. 5) ADUs detract from the existing structure whether this is privacy, a garage, or just yard space. 6) this is related to number 1, but there are many more buyers looking to purchase homes for their family than there are RE investors looking to purchase small unit count properties.

When I worked as an MHP broker, if the park was on a lagoon, I could never find a buyer no matter how low the price got. 

Note: We do 50+ investment property loans a month and the most important thing I tell BUYERS of properties being sold as or soon to be STR is make sure you are paying the market price per square foot and do NOT buy based on income approach/CAP rate.

I then modify those numbers based on the buyer's preferred down payment/return hurdles.

Staging is the process of arranging and decorating your house to highlight its best features and make it as appealing as possible to potential buyers.