In 2021, after completing the BiggerPockets STR course and analyzing market data, we transitioned the property to a fully furnished premium short-term rental after the tenant moved out.

I am not interested in the service. 

The market was increasing and we were able to find an off-market deal from some friends who held the property for over a year had no interest in fixing it up.

@Yixiong Pan - If others have the cash to put into deals it sounds like you could form a JV partnership with others where they bring capital and you operate the deal and come up with a split of equity of the purchase.

The problem is it's a very economically depressed area.

glad to hear of the deal.

Federal land in the middle of nowhere does not solve the crisis, crisis can be solved by smarter planning, better use of land and getting politicians to cut through the red tape where costs to develop are astronomical. 

I intend to relocate to the Rapid City, SD region in April/May for work, and I plan to acquire a primary residence that could eventually be transformed into an investment property.

He does a lot of BRRRR, flip, and hold between Pittsburgh and West Virginia and will surely know the Pittsburgh markets you are considering.

For starters, the prospect passes our 3.5x income requirement, has a 700+ credit score but a few things that I seem to have trouble with is the management company that was on the application, I wasn't able to find any viable information through regular web searches, but through the Business public record I found an LLC to this management company which I found was created 5 months ago.