Also, with the unemployment rate skyrocketing, there is unfortunately likely to be an increased demand in financially stressed homeowners to sell their homes quickly.

With medical professionals moving to town to work on vaccine research. 

I've heard multiple reports of buyers backing out and private/hard money lenders refusing to fund deals - at least on the rehab side.I'm less in touch with the house hack / regular buyer side but anecdotally it seems like fewer people are out looking right now.So if it were me, I'd probably be a little more demanding in terms of either asking for a longer timeline, or a bigger discount for repairs.You might also consider paying someone to do an inspection without being present yourself.

I'm going to manage it myself and not pay myself (you should, but that's besides the point), everything is brand new, I think you are putting too much aside for maintenance, and while a couple of units are vacant now, I think our vacancy will only be about 3% per year because demand for rentals is so high.

People in my community are purchasing medical gear (n95 and surgical gown) from China and donate them to local hospitals but it’s not enough...

The bank and realtors could all agree the ARV is 100K, but if there is high demand and multiple buyers, the house could sell for 130K, so its actual value could be anything.

For example, the low credit score may be due to medical collections due to a recent surgery but they're meeting every other financial obligation.You have to know how to investigate every aspect of the renter to determine a whole-person level of risk.

There are many companies still moving into the greater Boston area, and many of the dominate industries in Boston continue to require face time - think construction, biotech, education, medical personnel, etc.I do think there will continue to be an increase of people moving from Boston proper into the surrounding greater Boston area. 

It's worked well for us for 25+ years & we still see a lot of demand for these 'unfashionable' properties & I believe it will continue. 

There's bunch of trade offs but we invest in CA because it's close to home, high quality, high demand, and if anything goes wrong I don't have to hop on a plane to go see what's going on.