I have no facts so take my opinion with a grain of salt.

The distressed houses will be 250k+, I don't know for sure but I did look at setting up a network in Salt Lake City a few years back and I remember the price to play being very high and it was a competitive/active market with a ton of cash transactions.The minor leagues to this REI thing is:1) Get yourself ready by opening an LLC. 

Or is the hype overblown about owning rentals in NJ and I should take it with a grain of salt? 

This is a good example of the pitfalls of remote investing . . . not trying to rub salt into your wounds. 

just a few thoughts taken with a grain of salt.1 - too many pictures. im a big believer in less is more. for example, you have 10 pictures of the game room, 7 of the kitchen, you have a picture of just a nightstand with a lamp. also, add captions to pictures so people know what they are looking at.2 - get something on the walls. they are plain, get something on there that will help people remember your place as they sift through multiple properties.

$3,500 ownership payment in Gilber/Chandler + a massive lump sum down payment vs $2,000 to rent in Scottsdale with cold plunge, sauna, steam room, himalayan salt room, and plenty of botoxed duck lip neighbors and no responsibilities + able to invest the $1,500/month in an appreciating market (SPY, TQQQs, your favorite fart coin).But equity but equity.

Moreover, there are likely going to be a number of differing views, and we will take each with a grain of salt.

Thus, I take with a grain of salt what sellers state as any defects.

Hello all, I’ve came into a road block on trying to rent out my townhome. Unfortunately for me my HOA is full and capped on rental properties in my area. What have you guys done and also work around to get out of this...

Pulled these from Zillow’s rental feed for May 2025 and cleaned them up so we can see which markets are heating up or cooling off.Quick takeawaysMost expensive rents: Boston & Miami hit ~$3,000; NYC right behind at $2,885.Fastest to lease: Cheyenne (24 DOM), Salt Lake City (28), Providence & Milwaukee (34).Slowest: Hawaii statewide (97 DOM), Dallas (77), Atlanta (71), San Francisco (70).Biggest MoM improvement: Raleigh -44 % DOM, Boston -38 %, Cheyenne -27 %.Largest inventory jumps: Los Angeles (+4,535 listings MoM), Chicago (+2,344), Houston (+1,696).Snapshot of key metrosCityAvg RentAvg DOMMoM DOM ΔActive RentalsMoM Inventory ΔPhoenix, AZ$1,85047+2 %5,052+1,005Denver, CO$1,92041-5 %3,924+614Miami, FL$3,00050-2 %6,534+1,024Orlando, FL$1,90242-11 %3,208+569Atlanta, GA$1,90071-9 %4,081+637Charlotte, NC$1,93546-22 %3,574+456Raleigh, NC$1,75045-44 %1,976+399Austin, TX$1,89448-16 %5,879+1,066Dallas, TX$1,60077-5 %3,782+1,065Houston, TX$1,69556-2 %8,823+1,696Seattle, WA$1,80047-15 %4,071+819Los Angeles, CA$2,30055+6 %20,265+4,535San Francisco, CA$2,65570-26 %2,783+580Boston, MA$3,00056-38 %17,529-275Cheyenne, WY$1,50024-27 %181-5(I trimmed the full dataset for readability — happy to share the whole CSV if anyone wants to dig deeper.)Questions for you:-Do these days-on-market (DOM) numbers line up with what you’re seeing on the ground?