But I'm not sure what would bring rents or housing prices down significantly other than the usual - a big bad recession. 

That may not apply to you, as a financial professional, but I thought I would share the story.Obiously you could re-lever your portfolio to bring the ROE back up, but then you have to place those borrowed funds somewhere that nets a high enough return that the portfolio is ahead, given the drag of the interest and any transaction fees.    

Bring a contractor to get accurate estimates for your rehab budget.

I don't think we have anything cooking right now in WI, I'll bring this up in our next legislative meeting.

They bring higher tenant turnover, limited cash flow, and attract traditional tenants who aren’t your ideal long-term buyers.

Trump doesn't control them, but he's going to try everything he can to bring mortgage rates down.

That way you’ve got some skin in the game, and the tenants will be less likely to protest that the other tenants are using more electricity or gas.

Or, one the gov. loves to bring in, wire transfer illegal in whatever measure pulling from civil into criminal. 

Like mentioned it's also beneficial to keep up to date with what's happening in the area your STR is located, and make sure the decision makers are aware of hosts and what they bring to the community.

If you think about it in any industry less transparency and more friction in the transaction will increase fees/commission vs reducing them.I like the idea as an investor of having different agents, a team of agents maybe 3-4 bringing me deals, but I think less of that will happen now as all will have to have you sign some kind of agreement up front.