The Short Term Rental Secrets Podcasts and Website by Mike Sjogren is pretty great for learning a ton and hearing from big players in the market that started from nothing.https://open.spotify.com/episo...https://www.strsecrets.com/abo...

The fact is there are more money and guests than ever in the STR world and this is attracting bigger players who will crash existing hosts if they don't adapt to the new ecosystem. 

(Finance of America, Civic Financial, a few other players) They raised rates on there 30Y product about two weeks ago.

There have been some big players entering the PM market and a lot more interest in acquisitions of smaller PM operations.

If you can network and find local players (FB groups, meetups) that could help speed it up

“Josh, I feel you on this one—it’s a tough spot to be in, but let me tell you, these situations are where the real players in this game prove their mettle.

Memphis has a diversified economy, with major players in logistics (FedEx, UPS), healthcare (the Med District), and education (University of Memphis, Rhodes College).

He said several NBA players were investing.

Then there's misaligned incentives players in the construction industry may make more money the longer a project takes to get completed. 

Interesting - I have been investing in Philly for 8 years, run a  group of 2500 small landlords, speak at lots of events, know and network with many of the players  . . . but never heard of him before.