I would recommend you unplug from any RE and social technology for a quick break.

Bench and Proper are based (from what I can tell) on technology doing most of the work.

It seems that water metering is generally heading this direction, using technology that is dominant in Europe.

Technology has enabled communication with a remote CPA through phone calls, emails, skype etc.

They tend to work in more established neighbourhoods that are safer with a good, reliable tenant pool and they are a newer management group that is younger and well connected to the area today, using a lot of the latest technology to assess opportunities.

With improvements in technology these days (ie magic eraser), I hardly have to do a full repaint during turnovers.

UofA is eventually seeing lots of brand new buildings with decent Technology VS older neighborhood houses with high rents being asked by landlords.

anyway... we packed up our search n have stuck to our comfort zone in where we come from (technology field).fast fwd to 2011, I'm focused on sfr n residential mkt (4u)... the current consideration has been flip n according to a CPA re investor, he's told us LLC is not a good vehicle for flip biz, but good for buy hold biz.after about a solid 9mos of gettg familiar w the residential side of analysis etc, I'm now figuring out the ideal strategies n what order to pursue.

One thing in particular that we find interesting is the investment in entertainment technology in Lititz, driven by Clair Global and Rock Lititz.  

I'm 21 and in my junior year of studying Information Technology so I'm looking to house hack a 3-4 bedroom single family house just outside of Reading, PA, preferably close to a university so I can rent to students while I am still attending school.