My buy box is a home 5 years or newer, A or B-rated schools in the 200K-400K range that will appreciate over time with someone paying down my debt.

The purpose of this post is to alert people about this $35K scam (since BP has such a high Google ranking, and hopefully this post might come up in some's search result when they are doing research on this so called "Elite Legacy Education"), and here are the details:I read the Rich Dad Poor Dad book back in high school, and I'm fascinated by his emphasis on financial education (although later on I realize man of his other books are repetitive and erroneous).

BiggerPockets has options to search through investor-friendly resources that you are looking for here too. https://www.biggerpockets.com/real-estate-companiesGood luck on your STR journey and let us know any updates or questions that come up!

I don't think it should matter if the deal is seller financed, cash, or hard money; the title search and insurance process should be the same.

I am also in search of a PM right now and interviewing few candidates

It's likely, you are being too tight on your comparables or not searching correctly.

I did a MLS search, and there is definitely nothing close to what you have in your neighborhood. https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/1066-28th-St-Oakland-CA-9...

You are likely thinking of BRRRR just to get an asset in the box, but your scale with high rates and low inventory might still point to selling to the buyers who are still hungry and renting.

Unless you are a seasoned real estate investor with professional title searching skills, I wouldn't do this.

They don't have time to sit around wondering whether to keep those old boxes of used toilet paper rolls.