They will give you the basics like hey there's 11 men on offense and 11 men on defense and they will tell you that when it is third down in one, you should run the ball and when it is third and 17, you should throw the ball.

., all the stuff that today just get's moth-balled, to international places of disaster.

My biggest concern has been making sure I buy in areas with a solid tenant pool, so I really connect with what you said about that being the first thing you look at.Curious — if you were starting again today, would you still focus on higher-quality markets even if it meant fewer doors up front, or would you mix in more “affordable” properties to get the ball rolling faster?

It's hard to focus when you have so many balls in the air and some of those balls need dedicated attention because you didn't do your homework at inception.   

Hey Dan - about ~200 people who were on the ball with selecting their sessions lost them because of my human error.

They take the roof over their head for granted because they think you will not play hard ball.  

I don't say that to be negative, but all policies will favor tenants and tax the investment; either you play ball with institutions/HNW or get the F out and sell to them.

Managing STR's and owning STR's are two different ball games. 

I would get that ball rolling the second after you sign the papers for the owner financing.

However just so many factors involved, no one has an accurate crystal ball.