Friends and family.Current and previous coworkers.Spouse's current and previous coworkers.Children's and/or Parent’s friends and family.Neighbors.Members of your church.Doctor.Dentist.Handyman.Landscaper,Barber.Hairdresser.Accountant.Mechanic.Pool guy.Dog groomer.Day care provider.Mailman.Banker.Little league coach.Snow plow guy.Your sphere of influence is the most likely place to get your first sales.

It appears that the parents are on the mortgage.Are they also on the deed?

However, the whole point of making money is to live a better life, which includes caring for family. taking care of our parents is I suspect not even a twinkle of thought to most of the BP members that are on this site and 45 and under..

I lived in a college town and student rentals did very well as did STRs for parents coming in to visit their children.  

I think real estate investors in the game just become confident as to handle new challenges and they call that being experienced - Just like parenting: you think you are experienced with changing diapers, but the child is growing-kindergaten-grade one-baseball/soccer- soon teenage and the jazz goes on - grandparent

Hey all,I have been listening to Bigger Pockets content for maybe 4 years and finally have removed myself from some side hustles, have the capital, and grew the...brains to start real estate investing.QUICK BIO:I am based in New Jersey, I work as a marketing/efficiency consultant, and have 2 avenues of real estate investing:Short-Term Rentals: I have 3 short-term rentals using my parents apts in NJ ( 1 of them just launched in Nov) for the past 2yrs near NYC (1 of them just launched in mid-Nov).

Mid-term is more likely to work in any market than STR, but I think you would be surprised at how well an STR could do if there are no other options like that in the area (think people's parents or friends coming in for the week(end)).I've seen a lot of people grimacing at the net-negative house hack (it's just a product of rates and low inventory in a lot of markets) and this is one option to try to recoup some of that loss.

Many people want to start where their parents currently are and want higher end finishes. 

Quote from @Kegan Scholl: -22 years old-$50,000 pre tax income from business this year-80k in savings-30k in investments-pre approved for $350,000 (had to use parents as co-signers because I started business 2 years ago and didn’t make much first year)Looking to get into first house by house hacking a 4 bed 2 bath renting out 3 rooms.

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