For anyone that is looking at developing or purchasing an STR in Packwood, WA I would take a peek at the numbers that are on the rental sites and the amount of bookings. 

Finding, developing and maintaining a 'brand' is hard and time consuming work.Let me turn the question around; As a seller, why should someone pick one agent over another.

The shaded regions represent periods of QE (QE1, QE2, and QE3), during which interest rates generally declined or remained low.

The developments and businesses moving here.

Over time, we have developed systems to handle these situations as effectively as possible.

That is just not realistic in this current market.So in my opinion it's important to expose yourself to a large number of deals, so you can develop an intuitive sense of what's reasonable and what's not (and quickly discard the ones that aren't).And it's true that there is no way to 100% protect from fraud (and not just in passive real estate investments but even in public stocks etc.).

I'm fairly new to investing and looking to wholesale at first, then develop a portfolio of rental properties in apartments, SFH or both.

Good morning All,I've been real estate curious to the point of obsession for about a month now, but in that time I've started to develop my tentative plans.

Research led me to a couple of videos of former ND players coming back to build development into the area.

From what I read in The Economist, these Sun Belt regions often see steady population growth which can drive healthy rent appreciation.