And at the end of the day, I would assume these are the types of investors you want to ultimately service, since they are more likely to be actual buyers and not just dreamers.

After doing this, I then run the property through Airdna.co and/or Mashvisor.com Both of these tools will give you projections of what type of rental rates, price per night, bookings, occupancy, seasonal variations, etc.

Also if this is a good strategy do DSTs offer this type of investment and if so any recommendations. 

Those are the types that have to worry about stuff like that. 

NOI, and thus cap rate, feeds into how much of a down payment is required b/c it feeds into the "sizing" of the loan.Many asset classes, like apartments and offices, have less than ideal in place cap rates today, so you need 35% or 50% down to buy them (unlike a DTI-based home loan, your personal W2 income cannot be used to significantly offset).

hello everyone, my original real estate investing plan was to buy several multifamily homes and house hack. but ive heard where i really want to move to, (south carolina) that state is not the best for MFH investing. what are the best type of real estate investing strategies in south carolina?

Instead I live my ideal life and work when I want and choose which clients I want. 20 years in I can do that.

My profession is software / web design and I am interested in property management and using a property management type software.

I've seen a couple of different types of investors who pay all cash.1.

Some PMB are not well versed in more nuanced types of lending scenarios.