The biggest problem with buying at the top or over the top of the market is that there is no safety net if things turn downward.

Naturally, the more ways to rent short-term you can find the better.I buy turnkey properties or directly form flippers and then have them professionally managed by super hosts, aiming to have as many of the 9 options in place as possible.The biggest issue I see when people speak about real estate is the fact that most people look at price and appreciation, not at performance and all the variables that drive or hamper performance.

GET title insurance it's vital in case heirs make a claim and the title officer will get an appraisal of value at death minus the balance owed = what PA department of revenue will want.

That might be the biggest determining factor in where to look.

These two facts combined mean that every minute spent being "interviewed" is a minute of lost revenue. 

So figuring out what the local rules are and how they impact your financials would be my biggest question.

The Eurodollar is the biggest market in the world as it is all dollars created outside of the US, ~70% of all dollars. 

This article cherry picked data elements and weighted them and then left out the data element that has the biggest overall affect on price.

Value add renovations, streamlining operational costs, acquiring off market/below market, rent increases (inline with current market & post reno, creating appreciation via increased NOI), incremental revenue streams, operating in growth markets (driven by data) - these are all ways to deliver returns. 

My biggest issue is that I can't seem to find similar comps, since it seems like I'm finding places I would consider "better" than mine (on Craigslist) that are renting for a few hundred dollars less.