STR-friendly markets make it easier to get started and grow your business, and the lack of state income tax is a huge perk.

Your “don’t evict strategy” could only make sense in a market that literally hates landlords.

Occasionally I'll see properties coming on the market where the seller has a VA loan with a low interest rate.  

Savvy investors can find pockets of opportunity within the market.

Don’t forget. 2024 rent cap was 8.9% so you may never get “market rent”.

Am I correct that a condo, depending on area and neighborhood, could be a lower risk/maintenance investment for an absentee landlord as opposed to other properties?

We are a massive appreciation market. 

I'm extremely new when it come to real estate. I'm a second year accounting student in Ottawa ON and I have been looking into sales on assignment as a way to real way to get into the felid of real estate. I don't have...

And still, neighborhoods can change, tenants can go rogue, things can break etc.I'm always looking for ways to help protect investors so I'm open to any ideas you have.

Campus housing has been under tremendous headwinds for the last 4 years.These properties were sold with extremely aggressively optimistic projections, as well as a price that represented a significant premium to fair market value.So sorry to hear about your investment.