Kentucky is doing something strange and kind of beautiful right now: we’re stepping off one train (coal) while a whole fleet of new ones—manufacturing, reshoring, logistics, data—are pulling into the station.Two headlines tell that whole story in miniature.Coal: from #1 producer to #7, but still powering the gridKentucky’s coal production fell 14% last year, dropping to 24.3 million tons.

On Oahu, you get plenty of travel nurses, corporate stays, military orders, insurance displacement, and remote workers coming for 1 to 3 months.It’s not as sexy as nightly, but cash flow is often steadier and the regulations are clearer in many areas.If you’re set on luxury STR, just make sure the zoning and HOA truly allow it and underwrite using real seasonality.

It isn't as sexy as they thought it would be when dealing with other people's problems.

They focus on the value-add component because that's the sexy part of the story.

It doesn’t sound sexy or fun to track these things but it sure is fun watching the improvement/growth.

With time, anything bought correctly will likely prove out - but HOAs and metropolitan entities have a way of making intvestments less and less sexy.

I’ve been working in lead generation and data research for the real estate space for about 10 years, and I’m curious to learn from investors here —What kind of property data or insights do you find most helpful before deciding to go after a deal?

The third thing I will mention is that prices are still relatively high in most areas, and interest rates are still kind of stuck.

"It works" sure it could, as you are blasting tens of thousands of texts a month.Its like fishing for TunaIt is like nuking the Atlantic and then checking if there are any dead tuna floating among all the fish and sexy topless mermaids and mermen (for those of you that are into that weird poop).

Would love to discuss the kinds of profit splits and preferred returns that work for you.