A quality property manager will have means and marketing tools to help land a quality tenant within a week of listing. 6.

Are their listings detailed with good quality photos?

HELOC will give you the line of credit, which is good because you won't pay interest on it until you draw it to buy a property, but when it is outstanding it is floating rate and interest only, until it matures.  

Only reason I would choose higher quality materials is for STR, or a flip.

Good quality space for Airbnb investor questions also

Basically the price of an RE market is based on numerous parameters two of the largest being perceived risk and perceived appreciation (property and rent appreciation).Your first investment has been outstanding. 

The cap was the go-to metric 15 years ago when I started investing, now it seems way more factors come into play, such as appreciation, quality of the property (I bought something with a 22% cap in Braddock PA last year, but also the wind could blow it over at any minute...), and estimated future value increases.  

Are their listings detailed with good quality photos?

Now I really value good active maintenance, so, I think it just makes sense to pay my tenants an active maintenance voucher of about $4,500.00 per month, per sleeping room, for quality upkeep being done. 

I only buy units I would live in so they must be top quality but we have no luxury accommodations where I am unless you get into multi million dollar AirBnB rentals which is not my market.