You’ll want to hold off right now as Park County is about to hold a vote on very restrictive STR regshttps://parkcountyco.gov/DocumentCenter/View/9895/2026-FINAL-STR-ORDINANCE-LIMITS-V1?

Sometimes the market data is off by $50-100.

Also learn basic Excel/Google Sheets—huge edge.How to network as a teen: Local REI meetups (go with curiosity, not asking for money), BiggerPockets forums (you’re already doing this right), and even helping investors for free—photos, cleanup, data entry, social media, driving for dollars.Getting involved early: Wholesaler support roles, contractor helpers, property management assistants, or interning with an agent once you’re eligible.

I'm Joel Miller from Erie, PA. I've been investing in rentals since 1978, flipped over 100 houses since 1991, and I've been a hard money lender to the other investors in our area since 2018. Over the years I have also...

Thank you.OWNERSHIP ENTITY- Obtain copy of deed to confirm legal owner- If domestic LLC, confirm annual registration is current & who can legally sign- If foreign LLC, confirm registered in Michigan (where we & property are) & who can legally sign- If Trust, get paperwork showing who can legally sign- Confirm city assesssor & water dept have correct owner & mailing addressPROPERTY- Confirm we are added to insurance policy- Confirm property taxes are current- Lookup public records for property data- Confirm rental license active- Confirm no outstanding permits, assessments, etc.- TakeOver Evaluation Video & Property Data Sheet, share video with owner for possible repairs- Per owner selections on our PMA, have tax docs, water bills, etc. mailed to us.TENANTS- Send tenant(s) Welcome Aboard Package with TakeOver Questionnaire (confirms occupants, pets, how long there, rent rate, security deposit, who owns appliances, etc.)- Review previous rent ledger for patterns to be aware of, note their lease in PMC software- Try to convert to our Lease, to make it easier on our staff (we don't tell tenants they don't have to do this)- Opportunity to renew/extend lease with increase?

That realtor will never know the data at the level that STR Search does, but they are part of the process.

I’m a small property owner and learned this the hard way too.Zillow is great for getting eyes on a unit, but I stopped trusting it as a final screening step.

Use it for what it really is, a data collector.

As you said, they have the most up to date data, so they could feed that data in to accelerate their analysis and process. 

Louisville is finally moving into the present — and perhaps even the future — by beginning to implement artificial intelligence inside its government systems.Mayor Craig Greenberg announced the city’s first formal AI partnership, teaming up with Govstream.ai to modernize the permitting process.