I'm presently a facilities engineer by trade, who does some construction and maintenance for landlords on the side, hoping to get back into the private real estate game.

@Martti Eckert in our opinion, you'll need to be really familiar with construction, including costs, or be able to find somoen on the ground you can REALLY trust (but still verify).

Depending on the development of the software, it would be interesting to see if AI can replicate the role of a listing agent.

Plus Loyola with all its new construction.

Unfortunately, more mobile home parks are redeveloped into a higher-and-better use every year than are newly constructed.

Other than new construction development same here we have no senior debt its all cash.. of course unlevered returns are are a little less but man is it so much easier to manage and not worry about paying the senior debt all the reporting One has to do etc etc.. having been through a terrible down cycle with syndication decades past and watching what the guys I worked for went through and lost I just decided if we cant pay cash I am not going to do it. 

This lead me into Youtube and construction/renovations, which eventually brought real estate and investing onto my radar.

I am a software engineer so I prioritize partnering with the right team to execute every steps of investing.

Nashville, Dallas and the south are being the hardest right now because of the new construction, but in my opinion, these could be some of the best opportunities for investing in the coming years.

Basically all up and down the mid west markets.but you get to other areas of the country were used houses sell for more than New construction  and there are low inventories etc.. and trying to talk someone into a lease with the option to buy  is much tougher to a basic non starter..