From my experience the greatest benefit of using BP Pro is to regularly use the lease/management templates and deal calculators https://www.biggerpockets.com/investment-calculators This will help to optimize your underwriting and operations as you grow.

It is important to optimize your tax planning/cash flow in alignment with your business goals as well.

As a starting point, I built what I think of as a balanced lens — not optimized for max cash flow or pure appreciation, but something that tolerates tradeoffs and avoids extremes.The idea was to compare cities relative to one another, rather than arguing whether a single metric is “good” or “bad” in absolute terms.The dimensions I ended up looking at were things like:Home prices relative to national normsRent affordability (rent vs income)Employment diversityLiquidity indicators (days on market, inventory)Structural friction (e.g. landlord-friendly vs tenant-friendly states)Everything is scored relative to the set of cities being compared, and then stack-ranked.

If you’re looking for end-to-end STR management help (pricing, marketing, operations), there are also services that combine analytics with hands-on support — that’s actually what we specialize in.Happy to share a few insights from our experience helping hosts optimize their listings if you’d like!

For a first house hack, I’ve found it helpful to prioritize downside protection and livability over trying to optimize appreciation right away. 

Im fairly new to real estate investing and was curious if there’s an optimal way to figure out how your current market is doing.

I think it really depends on the strategy you’re running and what you’re trying to optimize for.

Proactive tax planning helps you leverage deductions, choose optimal structures, and keep more of what you earn.

Pairing that with your PM experience will help you optimize income and minimize headaches.

That “risk‑on” tone is lifting both U.S. stocks and Treasuries—economic optimism is once again trumping geopolitical noise.