There are still good deals for flips occasionally too but you’ll have to work to find them.

I did occasionally hear of daisy chain marketers who needed close to 20K to pay off all the middlemen. 

I also occasionally work as an agent and there are certain flippers who I will not show their houses to my clients due to that.If you ever want to connect or have any questions, feel free to reach out anytime!

A brokerage is fine if your non-traditional investments will not be overly interactive - such as the occasional note, syndicated deal, crowdfund, etc. 

I have a rental property that has a negative $150 cash flow and that’s not including repairs that come up occasionally.

If you have the available capital to fund the business to the tune of being able to execute 3+ flip transactions per year, then it might make sense.If you are just seeking a work truck for the occasional flip project, just go out and find something used and inexpensive and pay for it personally.

Airbnb type rentals works decent for me near Anchorage BUT our season is pretty much only the summer w occasional one offs.  

You might have a few dripping faucets and a toilet running occasionally costing you a few hundred extra per month.  

I finally found a good one, he was small 2 person operator...so he didnt have a lot of overhead to "bloat" the price of the project.

Occasionally, HMLs will allow a high credit score or strong liquidity to help offset lack of experience.