We had a friend in upstate New York who could only build his house in stages because if he knocked it down he would not be allowed to rebuild. 

@Joshua GuenterTheres countless ways to generate leads... this can be social media, sphere, farming, postcards, door knocking, cold calling, open houses, the key is to learn and implement, you need to prepare to "test" for at least 6 months.

The solar has the highest interest rate, but at such a low payment it would be much more beneficial to your financial position to knock out the car payment early if you can because the value of the car is depreciating. 

With residential, familiarize yourself with what areas you want to focus and what form of lead generation best fits you (cold calling, open house, door knocking, online presence).

My initial plan was to house hack with my va loan; however, this is looking like a great deal if I could get it for an ideal price (it has been on the market for over 2 mos and I just received word that the condition is considered "poor" as there haven't been any upgrades in a decade and it's looking to be in a B-/C area...so I'm hoping to knock the price down significantly...any advice on this would be appreciated as well!).

I texted her, knocked her door daily for the rest of moving fee.

Knock one down and another pops up.What I should have mentioned in my original post is that it doesn't matter what condition the economy is in.

You have thousands of people doing the same thing including major operations that have a substantial  degree of resources on the ground canvasing, door knocking, advertising, and submitting contracts almost around the clock.

On your first day of ownership, knock on the door and say hi.

Hi am a real estate agent and I work with investors I’ve seen distressed properties that I’ve hit up the owners and ask if they’re wanting to sell and they would say no not interested in selling and that’s it so I felt shut down right away I feel like hitting them up again a month later as the property still looks really distressed I’ve knocked on the doors nobody answers it’s in terrible condition the seller said last time that people do live there but it just needs gardening I said no problem you have my number if interested in selling. so like I said I want to try to reach out a month later but this time I want to say hey you know I have a cash buyer if you’re interested in selling.