It sounds like you might be happier having a few houses with no debt.

Currently I’m doing a 1031 with @Dave Foster    I couldn’t be happier with the process.  

I was going to start with either a logistic regression or naive bayes since most of the variables are categorical and the dependent variable is binary but a decision tree might be the way to go.I was also thinking of trying to tie in life events (birth, birth +17 years, marriage, divorce, credit card default, tax lien, etc) to the model but there are substantial hurdles: access to data, reliability, scraping and\or text mining, having a dynamic stream, accurately tying the life event to the right person\household, etc.My actual end goal is to approach deal-finding in a data-driven way, my current thought process on how to achieve that goal may not be correct, and I'm more than willing to adjust, but I'm thinking there must be a more analytical approach than relying on word of mouth or MLS emails.Trevor, what was your goal when scraping properties near military bases?

Every time I went in the place, my mouth would have an odd taste for hours.I ran the ozone generator for 12 hours then aired the place out for a couple hours.

Colorado just blew up so we decided to try our home state.The City is relatively small and throughout the state communities are so tight knit that just a for sale sign/social media can do wonders by word of mouth. 

The deals that I see in the current market is FSBO.The market is regional some cities are fully valued others cities still have legs.Word of mouth is what I am doing to get a deal done.Most MSL homes are not worth the hassle.I sold all my gold when it hit a number I wanted .

When they open their mouth". 

I shopped several companies that all had a really hard up-sell tactic and bad mouthed every other company. 

Hi @Max Warner - I'm by no means a STR expert but am generally happy to network about real estate in Rhode Island.At this point it's still town-by-town so the "horse's mouth" is really just calling (or visiting) and asking the building/zoning department for each town.There was an attempt to make a state-wide, required short-term rental registry/database, but Governor McKee vetoed it.It remains to be seen whether the General Assembly will successfully override that veto but some folks have certainly been pushing in that direction.So for the moment, you still just really need to check with the city/town.

The home may sell quickly depending on multiple but not limited to categories such as location, price, etc...This is the gist of how a normal house sells at normal prices.Ok that was quite a bit of a mouthful.