I took on 4 buildings - 2 of which were highly distressed.

Quality post, and so true.

Flowers, staging, high quality photos, video, drone photos, Matterport

I know to look for areas that are landlord friendly, have population/job growth, limited seasonal/environmental issues, high rent/price ratio, and areas within my budget (under $200Kish).

What qualities do you look for in a real estate agent when seeking to partner or work with them?

Personally I'd think more about quality of life you are looking for and if that market fits into your overall investing goals.

I like Columbus for moderate cash flow and high appreciation and Cleveland for high cash flow

We're looking for ways to increase our income and have decided to obtain an LLC.Initially, I planned to use the LLC for a rental arbitrage business in Anaheim, CA, near Disneyland due to its high tourist appeal.

Stock market all time highs have something to do with it as well...sell what you think is a frothy market (who knows if that's the case or not?)

There's a variety of ways to get a deal in front of you (I'm mostly a flipper), but basically if it looks promising, I run custom comps queries and check the current & past $/sf of renovated/distressed product in that city or zipcode.Here's a chart on 90066 I generated from my tool under Market Stats > Sales Data > Specific Zip Code:- My above chart (more available) shows the Avg Renovated $/sf (High) over time in this Zip Code, something completely different than charts/providers based on Averages/Medians only, like every other platform (RedFin Below, https://www.redfin.com/news/data-center/):- Can't select smaller locations such as City or Zipcode for their $/sf data, so it's useless helping me underwrite/verify a deal.- Can set Zip Code for Median Sale Price data, but again it's the median/avg so it's useless helping me underwrite/verify a deal.Then if that looks decent, I'll run Sales Comps, and get a quick summary of some key metrics based on those comps.