But the biggest thing is mindset.

@Franklin PerezGetting your real estate license can be a smart move if you want MLS access, networking opportunities, and savings on commissions, but it comes with costs and disclosure requirements.

I met up with an investor from here back in the day and he told me to put animal cages in my rentals.

@Richard Schubert If the house next door is a solid enough deal you could always raise the money from people in your network to tie it up.

I'm coming up on policy renewal and, unfortunately, Obie no longer has a realationship with that carrier so I'll be curious to see what they bring to the table as other options.Overall, nothing negative to say about them.

I joined the Alamo REIA and the REIA has different scheduled meetings throughout the month.

If you could pick it up and plunk it down on 2+acres in another location, holly-cow it would be a rock-star. 

No one pics up the phone and email responses take days and are very cookie cutter.

Finding something you fix up is also a possibility but for a first deal I would not recommend. 

You might have other options to explore to drum up liquidity (HELOC, Margin Loan, Policy Loan, etc) that can supplement your HYSA in the DP.