It's like asking someone what you should look for in a wife.You need to focus on what your goals are first, then take a personal inventory of your own knowledge, skills, interests, finances, available time, etc. 

This also creates quite a level of security for our clients, especially seeing Several builders in the BTR space go sideways over the last few months and we are currently trying to help several investors stuck in building projects that are only half built.  

Raising rents to market levels is a big deal and hard to do. 2.

I would add there has to be some level of human monitoring going on.

Even really skilled operators are left with no back up plan because they can't pivot to LTR in that market, can´t fetch the price they paid because the STR has lost some steam and was bought using nightly rate numbers etc.

That’s a Cardone-level play—treat asset management as the CEO of your investment.

You get to take depreciation on an appreciating asset, you can even get tax credits for various projects and actions which depending the level your at equals a pay-day. 

If you want to understand 5-year outlook, I'd look for multifamily construction data in your area to understand what level of new units is and will be coming online in the near future. 

During the 2008 financial crash, low paid, low skilled workers were laid off in droves.

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