Liberty in general is directly tied to property ownership per writings of Thomas Paine and Declaration of Independence and other influences of 1776 ;)

You are buying a REIT stock which trades on the stock exchange and is therefore influenced by the stock market.

I'm influenced by the fact that that is what I did and what I had to do. 

I understand that location will influence this.

The more knowledge someone possess about anything that could influence that investment whether micro or macro, the better or rather the more accurate his analysis will become.  

I noticed that all the STR influencers started doing value add projects instead as well shifting from buying turn key... as turn key really doesn't work anymore.

People are excited to get back into city spaces so some markets are doing very well on STR while others looks to be drying up (travel that was influenced on the circumstances).

Like others have said there is no magic bullet, but here is my personal advice:1) know the industry- spend an hour a day reading influencers in your area about what they are saying in the market, stay current on trends, and general news making in real estate.

THEY WILL BE THE SINGLE GREATEST INFLUENCE TO YOUR SUCCESS.

Unions have a lot of political influence too .