It is not uncommon for Boards, driven by the desire to keep their own monthly fees low, and with complete disregard for what is actually in the best interest of ALL of the Owners, to "adjust" the monthly fees to their liking at budget time, in a completely arbitrary manner, for many years...until they have no choice but a Special Assessment or big loan to make badly needed repairs.

I wish there was published list of (A-D) areas where A is the most desirable and D is the least.

Hey, new poster here. I've been doing lots of zoning/predesign research for clients and found that ChatPDF (google it, its free and I have no affiliation)  saves me a ton of time to search through and understand new l...

The purpose of investing passively is to leverage a sponsor's time, expertise, and ability to source great deals, but your overall experience will be driven by the answers to all the questions above, so make sure to cover that in your vetting process.

Sure but you can be 100% certain that with the lists being sold by every guru out there and the use of AI and VAs, you are now in the middle of a crowd. 

Populations and economies big enough to support a healthy rei climate, but small enough so that values are not artificially driven up too fast.

My marketing consists of having a VA cold call, cold text, and I do warm email follow-up to the leads we've talked to.Admittedly, I'm a data-driven person and like to be "in the drivers seat".

Financial planning is pretty easy, particularly for someone that is savvy and driven enough to have a robust property portfolio. 

I've driven through a few times through the years and it's been a little frightening.

So who is using AI?