But, also, make sure you are comparing apples to apples including pre-payments penalties. 

It is holding me back from proceeding because of lack of money to lock in contracts.

(a) If the Company establishes the title, or removes the alleged defect, lien orencumbrance, or cures the lack of a right of access to or from the land, or curesthe claim of unmarketability of title, or otherwise establishes the lien of the insuredmortgage, all as insured, in a reasonably diligent manner by any method, includinglitigation and the completion of any appeals therefrom, it shall have fully performedits obligations with respect to that matter and shall not be liable for any loss ordamage caused thereby.. . .To the extent that you are requesting compensation for the Alleged Damages, please see Condition8(a) of the Policy which provides the Company with the right to establish title as insured in areasonably diligent manner without being responsible for any loss or damage to the insured.

If you lack connections where you invest, having someone on the ground is valuable.

Do one task at a time in each app to compare apples to apples.Load a property with pictures and details.Market that property.See what your marketing looks like from the public's perspective.Submit a fake application to see how easy the process is.

I noticed the lack of nearby stores.

This interested me because of my lack of investing experience at the time as well as low on cash at the time to buy much.

I have been investing in RE for around 10 years now, and up to this point, I have been focusing on A+ kind of properties, but I have ALWAYS been itching about C/D.....The thing with A+ properties is they take 5-7 years after purchasing to cash flow...For a portfolio of $4.5M properties, I am cash flowing maybe $50K annually if I dont count principal paydown...If I include full mortgage payment (both principal and interest), then cash flow is down to $20K....But reading your posts, apart from being so funny and laughable (in a good way), made me realize that I probably should stay in my lane as I clearly lack the skillsets needed to be successful in those property type....B class is likely the most I can stretch myself into....

When i arrived in the US i wasnt able to get funding due to lack of credit history as an overseas citizen.

- Are there specific aspects of STR market analysis that you find lacking in current resources?