My first inherited tenants were professionals used to occasionally bring in prostitutes,  the second tenant who moved in after lot of bargaining was nosey and  a bootlicker of my other tenants formed silos with other tenants it started impacting my business,  my next tenant was a friend,  bad choice!

Even after 40 years in the business, you're still a victim......occasionally.

What I see at the moment is occasional multiple listings from the same owners, probably older landlords selling out their portfolios, but at a double price (comparing to year ago).

I have spent a decent amount of time there and occasionally travel there for work so I have a decent lay of the land but would love some local insider information. 

The next day, I ate the same dish at an Applebee's in Pittsburgh for $10.

Some other companies get occasional duplexes, but it's not as common as it used to be.

i know when i was trying to find a tenant for my sfh it was impossible to find someone with first and last months with deposit as well....my target client just doesnt have $3k to dish out when moving into a new place.  

Occasionally, a REIT may be interested in purchasing the property that you own currently; or you may work with the REIT directly to own a property that they would want to purchase in the future; or as Connor mentioned the most common way for retail investors to participate in this exchanges through the DST market.The top 4 DST sponsors all manage, privately traded REITs. 

I have family in MD/VA and I like getting back there occasionally.

One of the many reasons I only invest with my own capital, with occasional backing from Fannie & Freddie.