However, if you're a W2 high income earner or business owner, I can't imagine it makes any sense to flip houses, mail mass post cards, wholesale, or build lead gen websites with the value of your time being better spent other places (such as learning about real estate and increasing your income through proven means), such as at your 9-5pm or growing your business, and your real estate is a long term process and you don't need "home run" deals to qualify or make it work.

Brokers either get leads through a network of brokers in other disciplines or organic contacts.

The problem is, everybody puts together deals they think are good, but in my experience as a lead underwriter, asset manager, and now fund manager, I throw out 99% of deals that are put in front of me.Listen to podcasts about passive investments and how to conduct due diligence as an LP. 

No matter what you do I think you are going to have guests point out that something isn’t working which could lead to annoyance or requests for refunds or bad reviews.Plus, providing bottled water over the long term probably isn’t going to save you much money compared to paying a plumber to get the fridge connected. 

Hard money was the best option for this property, given the condition and timeline to close.

Hard money was the best option for this property, given the condition and timeline to close.

Personally, if your market tends toward the former condition (better/normal appreciation) I think it's a fairly safe deal looking at the long term, assuming infrastructure around you continues to support the idea of renting it.

There could be a "double whammy", a recession (which we seem overdue for) then a drop in interest rates which leads to a big influx of new housing supply. 

Making a well-rounded decision can lead to long-term success in real estate investment.

You can lead a horse to water but you can't make the horse learn math.