This makes them feel that you care about their experience, you also have monthly eyes on the property as well, and much easy to keep it in tip-tip shape.You will also want to make sure your amentities are curated for the MTR stayers; folks who may meal prep and need more appliances like slow cookers, instapots, aire fryers, and tupperware to store food or take with them to work (13 hr shift nurses).

.)- Amenities or specific photos that “pop” to drive interest on these listing platforms for mid-terms- When to start looking at shifting strategies: Mid-term -> long-term, furnished vs. not furnished, independently managing vs enlisting a property management company, etc.Appreciate any and all advice!

I know nurses often work split shifts so I want to ensure they feel safe coming and going in the AM hours. 

Does it shift with location and age?

It get's a bit more intricate when speaking internationally because of variables such as currency conversions that lend a factoring, it get's a bit down a rabbit hole let's say but point is the U.S. isn't the only one going through massive shift of things, everyone is in variations but in end it all equates the same thing, one's currency income per labor/work hr purchasing less. 

Speaking from my own journey, from 2010 to 2015, I shifted my focus away from Seattle and headed towards some of these flyover states you're checking out.

I know Amazons building 3 data centers out west i'm just wondering if it'll start to shift that way in a few years or so

I know that down payment doesn't really add up to me because even the 5bd/3bth new constructions are going for ~615k, which even if he was putting 20% down as an owner occupant, that'd be something like $123k for a down payment...He wants a cash sale of the house to make this seamless.

At some point, you could fully shift your focus to investing in Minneapolis.

Then as the market shifts and changes as it ALWAYS does in real estate, there little a-b-c plan from so and so starts failing, so they spend more, go from 10K on mailers to 30K, 40K, 100K and it's just throwing good money after bad.