PURE SPECULATION WARNING lol!

Coins               REICash at start                                  $100k              $100kSTarting Value of Investment          $100k              $500kCash Flow/Interest 1st year           $  10K              $25kNote:  this means it takes 10 years to recover your cost, but I can do it in 4, so from year 5 - 10 (6 yrs) my CF is pure profit equal to $150k, but you haven't actually made a profit yet since you're still recovering your cash/cost until year 10.Apprec/increase value 1 yr            $472k              $525k...and after that, with the reinvestment of the cash income, REI leaves BC in the dust.

It is purely the luck of the draw how long one will last.

Pure incompetence of VRBO or fraud 

I've always found it difficult to purely internet sleuth my way to these types of answers but perhaps you all have some better insights into how to uncover this info.

Pure love to all the agents out there, but I am interested in hearing investors´ thoughts on this one.I´m curious to hear experiences from out-of-state investors in regard to what they feel makes a real estate agent an investor-friendly agent.I have spoken to many "investor friendly" agents in multiple markets, and besides one who is an absolute beast (in the positive meaning of the word), I haven´t felt any difference in what an investor-friendly agent offers versus a regular real estate broker.So I´m curious to hear from out-of-state investors what their agent is doing for them that is different than just sourcing from the MLS and wholesalers.What are things you look for when interviewing an investor friendly agent?

I was able to House Hack 2 SFH's that're now pure rentals. 

But it will cover battery-storage technology (up to a certain capacity).

Otherwise you will be looking at 20-25% down usually on a pure investment property (not owner occupied).  

As long as it has PURE cash flows I would pull the trigger using option #1.