I have a smart lock on the front and back door.However, most of my properties have security doors on as well (my STR does not) and it just isn't possible to have smart locks on these.

build a triplex and think outside your market. you can take that and build over and over and if you build with resale and exit and equity in mind you'll be able to find locations where the new build value is enough to pull equity out and cash flow as well at the 1% rule.

My last real estate transaction was being a GP in a 144-unit apartment syndication in St.

I currently invest here in Columbus, Ohio and I have two duplexes over here that are cash-flowing well.

Last thing you need is a spec house sitting on the market too long.

Over the last 12 months, market absorption totaled negative 7.8 million square feet; by comparison, the average annual absorption rate recorded since the beginning of Q2 2014 is 4.3 million square feet.

I have not seen properties really work well with managers since 2018 or so.

Thats why me and my investors have been buying the last year.

Meanwhile you can do exterior, trim trees, remove shrubs, roofing first, then lawn and landscape so it has time to grow in, driveway if you need a new one last. 

We closed on a property last month.