There is an offer to buy but if I include everything I've spent over the years, mortgage P&I, taxes, insurance, HOA, and recent repairs, I will just break even.

You want to build a long-term portfolio, but traditional financing seems out of reach.

Biggest piece of advice: Don’t overthink it—your first deal won’t be perfect, but it will be your best teacher.If you ever want to talk through loan options or strategies, happy to help.

There used to be, but they stopped supporting it, so if you switched phones and needed to download the app again, you'd be out of luck.

@Nick Volzyes, if you can house hack, that is a powerful, lower risk way to get started. not no risk of course, but lower risk. 

ULynk does text blast marketing, but as Michael said above, there are a lot of legal issues involved.

Lenders that don’t require an appraisal will perform a desktop appraisal but will typically have a very conservative view on the value of the property to protect the company’s investment.

But absolutely be very clear with the seller as to what you're doing.

I have decent liquid assets but they would take a huge hit dropping 10-20 percent on a 2 million + loan.  

If you find something that works well as a short-term rental, but doesn't work well for you as a home, you'll have money but be dissatisfied when you live there.You don't even need it to produce a profit.