While the long-term effects of the pandemic on the retail industry are uncertain, it’s critical that investors closely monitor tenant mixes and uses to develop a better understanding of potential future vulnerabilities.TIP: If you are evaluating an investment and are concerned about the financial stability or viability of the tenants, underwriting a higher vacancy level or reserving more capital is recommended.

I am seeing lots of really decent investments, but having the capital through 1031's is taking time and the personal capital contributions are limited.What do I need:More time.More capital.A mastermind of folks operating at this level. 

The relative supply has officially leveled out in recent months, but the actual supply hasn't: last month there were less than 500,000 active listings on the MLS -- down from 1.3 million just three years ago.4.

If it turns out you are grandfathered in, and the grandfathering occurs at the deed level and not the owner level, your house might be worth more than it is worth right now since you own a home that can be used as an STR without the regulations.Mike

Plenty of agents do that are high level networkers.

Hello,I bought a fixer upper, and found out that the cast iron will have to be replaced.

Not sure what metrics you have used in penciling down this market but make sure you look at population growth trends, income levels, poverty levels, Job diversity, schools etc.

Search (Upper right corner) for tankless hot water and you will find more recent threads including this one with 40 replies from Nov of last year.Tankless vs traditional hot water system (biggerpockets.com)

I'm primarily looking to move to St Louis market and buy my next fixer upper, but I work fully remote and open to other markets.

My advice would be to level set your expectations of a property first and what your highest priority is and then work towards finding a property that meets those expectations and gets as close to the 1% rule as possible.