We just wanted to get a lay of the land especially during the pandemic are landlords still increasing rent this year or giving tenants a break from that?!

I was lucky enough to be sitting on a nice-sized pile of untapped equity at the start of the pandemic.

although current coronavirus situation not overly excited to do this. so probably not. 

They are essentially betting on you as an individual will not only follow through with your word to execute this business plan, but also that there won't be another pandemic shutting down the economy, a soft landing for a coming recession, real wage growth to grow with increasing rents, no additional restrictions on landlords to remove nonpaying tenants, AND that the real estate market will keep humming along as it has been, increasing in value each year.

Since the pandemic, more folks have been allowed to work remotely so I know, at least in my market (here in Chattanooga, TN) we've seen a massive influx of remote workers coming in for a month to 3 or even 6 and then moving on.

Once the pandemic hit, everything changed.

Graffiti has increased substantially since the pandemic too.On a side note, I would be curious to learn more about your STR modeling too — I have been looking for places across the state, including Seattle, but the math just doesn’t pencil for me.

Here in stodgy New England local STR restrictions are spreading like a virus from town to town… just at the very point where the STR gold rush is already yesterday’s news and some investors are starting to realize that 2020-2021 were market anomalies created by a global pandemic that altered how and where people traveled/stayed.

For example, it's possible that the effects of Covid are severe in a particular Geo/neighborhood that pre-pandemic that prior would have scored very high using his method. 

We are still not sure what's the best time to move (should I wait for a year or so until the pandemic is over?)