There's a separate thread on partnerships and the general sentiment is that majority of partnerships will fail.

Originally posted by @Nav Singh:>> Tomorrow, another thread will be started asking which markets an out of state investor ought to invest in.Hello Merritt S.I understand your sentiment.

There's this sentiment in the marketplace of fast, easy, and no money required.

The sentiment feels a lot like 2008, home prices are unaffordable, Price to earning ratio don't make sense, rents are high (which is a goo thing only of the homes weren't so expensive), I feel like it's a ticking time bomb with the debt crisis.

Some brokers and flippers I’ve talked to share my sentiment.

great sentiment, especially now, after the hype train of the covid, its interesting to see who is sticking around, keeping their heads down and putting in the work.

So regardless of "sentiment" towards out-of-state investors you may have received from your work colleague its incorrect. 

For me - my two cents are no amount of innovation can replace sound underwriting and valuation practices.Curious to others thoughtsOn the surface I agree with your sentiment.

However, evaluating your sentiment (and your wife's) on that will be important. 

.-- The biggest indicator of turning public sentiment was just last month, in December, when voters in Woodland Park approved a ban on vacation rentals that also appears to NOT grandfather in existing licensed properties.