After sitting on the sidelines for the last 20 years, I'm finally ready to deploy some capital and it seems like I have narrowed down to two options: (1) purchase a rental property (preferably a duplex or triplex) for LTR, or (2) purchase a second home (an hour or so away in the mountains or lake) for STR. 

We've narrowed it down to a handful of markets at this point. 

My advice is centered around my long-term buy and holds strategy with a specific avatar and narrow search criteria.

So you need to really narrow that down.My gut says sell as is and see how it goes  

Starting my preliminary search of the city, neighborhoods, zips, and surroundings areas to narrow my search and plan a visit with my local relator soon.What areas and neighborhoods would you suggest I search in? 

Normally one of the first questions I ask because it can narrow down a lot of cities just by figuring that out!

I narrowed it down to Rentec Direct, Tenant Cloud, Appfolio and Buildium.

I certainly need to put some more time into narrowing down my criteria; But, for now, I am looking to focus on multifamily residential but I would also be interested in jumping right into a multifamily commercial property with 5-10 doors.

I'm trying to narrow down a market that I'd like to invest. 

We have been narrowing our buy box, and are leaning towards investing in Indianapolis, IN.