They should have current experience and plenty of it2.

In other words the gentleman had more to lose than Phill Grove on that transaction.Each and everyone will surely have their own experience and there will never be a shortage of genuine individuals willing to steer themselves away from perpetual 9-5 until retirement, so there will always be Gurus out there. 

I'm looking into STR in Packwood and looking for an agent who has experience with STR in that area. 

I know experience is a big factor, but what about DTI?

@Ronan Donnelly, @Salvatore Lentini, @Kevin D.I am reviving this old post and I assume you collected a significant amount of experience in the area since then.

If so, how was the experience?

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In my experience, ground leases can last a long time, but it's quite common for the improvements (the hangars themselves, etc) to revert to airport ownership when the lease ends.   

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Those buyers will either be experience investors who don't need their own representation or ignorant buyers trying to save a buck and might be taken advantage of by the listing agent.A portion of the people will go to the listing agent for showing but will be using their real estate attorney to write offers and negotiate.