This will likely produce larger financial rents back to you as well verses renting out rooms in a SF home.Best of luck!

Has anyone had any success with buying motivated seller leads or buying into a website that produces them for you?

I would be happy to connect and chat; however, any type of income producing properties would require 25% down.

I'm fascinated with the idea of tiny homes/smaller homes (300-700ish sqft) for short term and possible long term rentals.

That went really well but didn't last long as this is a small town with a tiny college.

Since you said tiny homes, this is probably not an option.  

I know you're right Rob, just long term I want to be self employed.Building a life insurance agency can produce a lot of income in the long run, just takes some time starting out.

The 'what you get' for the money factor is highly applicable from Brookings to Astoria and licensable STR coastal vacation rentals are still regularly attainable at workable terms, Luxury and oceanfront and lakefront properties tend to perform above the 10% of valuation in gross annual income for prime coastal STR's and as an example I've seen a $2.1 Million Oceanfront home produce $300k in gross annual income.

But that still produces 20%+ long term gains....

With less maintenance, you could focus your time on other, higher producing activities.4.