I live in NYC and started investing in Buffalo a few years back, mainly for the reasons that you mentioned. 

The reason so many people struggle with wholesaling is simple: they don’t understand lead generation.Take a moment to think about your approach.

Quote from @Zeona McIntyre: Hey @Blake Winiecki I imagine you live in Florida but I would reconsider investing the area for one main reason - climate change.

I am a power user for Zoho for a number of reasons including following:Zoho CRM, truly the beast out there.

Moreover, office spaces often face more competition, especially with the rise of remote work and changing demand in the market.On a personal level, I prefer industrial real estate for several reasons.

There are 2 big reasons why I never had and would never have.1.

BUT, let’s say for personal reasons you want to “stretch” for faster wealth accumulation.  

FHA will not use any short term rental data.Something else to think about - any reason why you wouldn't use a Fannie Mae loan here?

A low maintenance condo rentable to good tenants sounds like a good starting point to me.I’m 56 and reasonably setup for retirement, so real estate is a stabilizing diversifier for me.

Curious how this will play out in the courts (granted it's LTR) and affect pricing products used for STR such as PriceLabs (which I use but have to seriously manually adjust for very specific reasons).