⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀When it comes to the MLS (where the majority of the sellers want market value), or DMM (where each potential seller literally gets 15 mailers from competitors every week) there is just WAY too much competition.

RentOmeter does an okay job providing local rental market rates but typically unfurnished, I dive deep into market analysis/competition within AirBnB and Furnish Finder to find similar furnished properties with similar amenities to better understand how to identify my price point.

In addition to these tools, go look at your competition on Zillow, realtor, craigslist (wherever they are listing) and see what current rates are.

do you have any concern that revenues could be declining due to increasing local competition and renters preference/ability to travel elsewhere post-pandemic?

It is a very competitive market right now, and is a flipper hotbed in NC.

In my opinion, no one else is competition. 

If you are going to buy cash, you should be looking at houses that can only be purchased all cash to take full advantage, eliminate retail competition, and get the biggest discounts.

Where will competition come from?

The best way to understand Europe is that the EU has rendered all competition to a fiscal nature.

There are a lot of start up costs and also competition with the major soft drink companies. ( Stainless steel tanks, trucks, advertising, bottles, labels, marketing, health department regs, etc. )As I am an idiot when it comes to real estate, do you have to 1031 all at one time or over time?