For more information on that, check out "Tax Smart Real Estate Investors" on youtube, and find videos tagged with short term rental loophole (many of which can be found in the playlist "The Real Estate CPA Podcast").

or using available technology to increase sales, profits, etc. 

The reason is because sadly, we live in a world where there are far more morons than actuallyt smart people.Now this was your voice of reason.I am not telling you that you can't make a deal doing what you are doing, but if you are going to make a deal it is simply due to the law of averages.

Are you smart?

I only make offers in terms of buildings that I consider smart buys, good location, close to shopping and jobs, have been well taken care of, or value add.

I do find the blockchain technology extremely useful for some applications and has benefits but "investing" in virtual real estate is more like gambling if you ask me.

Now that the market is booming and lots of tech companies are entering I don’t think it would be smart to wait any longer.I want to buy a 1 bedroom condo to pursue AIRBNB/STR (if the by-laws allow).

It's INCREDIBLY hard finding motivated, smart young people who can see the possibilities.

Here are some companies with technologies that can be deployed to find water leaks:Water SignalIntelliflowAquarias SpectrumThere are others

@Jerryll Noorden Dude your logic is so wrong, I read your first comment and your advice to @Javaughn Harkness is to basically blindly target the moon without having any clue on how to pay for the marketing, what a smart thing to say!