The length of time that you have been in the business is certainly a factor ... it shows staying power ... but LandAmerica was in the business for decades. 

I made it happen for well over a decade.

Park visitors have been steadily rising from over the last decade and was around 3m people in 2019.

STR's are new, but the idea behind the government going after them is nothing more than simple zoning law enforcement which has been around for decades.

All these things you mentioned will likely change in less than a decade!

HOWEVER, it was his Cash Flow Quadrant book that opened my eyes after 2 decades working in Corporate America that made me start looking into Real Estate!

Personally I believe it will see tremendous growth over the next decade and we are at the very start of transition (probably year 2 at this point).

Given my situation however, I'm finding it near impossible to find any deals structured in a way that would provide a reasonable cash flow or CoC return, even in areas of good price to rent ratios.I've been steadily employed for decades, have a 810+ credit score and enough cash to buy at least two mid-west properties outright.At the moment I'm between W2 jobs and enjoying the time to look into investment options finally, but this also means DTI won't work so DSCR is the only(?)

Granted we have a desirable product: fully remodeled SF in the suburbs under 2k/mo, which is above median, but still a volume segment.The US has a systemic housing shortage: we have underbuilt for a decade and now it shows.

Des Moines has provided us great opportunities to BRRRR single family homes over the last decade, and we’ve now begun to offer these as turnkey, cash flowing assets to others.