But, of course, you must do due diligence to ensure the market will not recover in the short to medium term.What are the signs of a weak or stagnated market?

Could always ask them to give them contact information of some other property owners they manage properties for and chat with their clients and see their strengths and weaknesses, etc. ** I’d ask for their Airbnb or VRBO profile link to review their reviews, years hosting, etc. to ensure it lines up with what they’re telling you*2.) with you guys being out of town, I’d make positive they have a team of maintenance guys for whenever something along the lines pop up.

Infact, it's super weak.

Depending on your goals and strengths/weaknesses, there are a thousand different directions you can go with your REI journey. 

It's not just learning creative financing to aquire real estate, but cars, businesses and understanding who you are as an investor and what your true strengths are as well as your weaknesses.

And now that playbook is showing some significant weakness's or failures.

> But none of what you say will avert impeding crashThis is your opinion but note that without a single instance of a crash of a commodity where demand far exceeds supply, your case seems weak.  

I buy, I add value and fix up and appraisals still come in weak. 

After a thorough review of systems, we had plumbers troubleshoot and repair/replace a couple of small chronic bathroom leak issues, and electricians installed a number of end-runs back to the panels so that rooms could each have window A/Cs running without tripping circuits and other such issue.

Not trying to change anyone's mind, but I cant help myself when it comes to countering weak arguments.