Spend the last year of college getting educated (assuming you'll graduate at 22, if not than your first year of work) and networking a ton.

How do you screen the potential buyer without doing work? And

A wise investor will not try to get rich quick with shortcuts.

While that can be helpful, there are still tons of people I know of that hate the idea of taking the Skyway to work and paying that toll every day, all while having to deal with traffic.

Experience can be the difference in structuring a deal to make it work and ultimately acquiring the property successfully.

I am able to do a lot of the work and also keep it in house so to speak...

@Helen Rolls , yes, I remember that article about CapEx expenses and it made a big impression on me - I suppose what's "easy" about this purchase/CapEx is that everything needs to be replaced fairly soon (half of the heating system, roof, foundation work, and windows!). 

As a workaround, we have a hidden lockbox that the tenant can access if code doesn't work and get a physical key.

The expansion of remote work and general affordability has driven an influx of young and retiring families to coastal communities.

That means put in the hard work and dedication to the SPECIFIC type of investing you want to do.