I strongly advise you to engage a fee-only financial advisor to discuss your specific investments and track record so they can help you understand what your actual numbers look like and bring to your attention safer alternative investments.

I would love your experiences because my alternative is to spend a ton of money on airdna data! 

Alternative Markets:If cash flow is your primary goal, consider looking at nearby markets with lower property prices and higher rent-to-price ratios.

However, it allows you to use the vacant rents of 75% market rent as an alternative income to help the borrower to qualify.Happy to connect and assist you in your real estate investing journey.

Not knocking the app, just not cost effective with several other options/ alternatives to to choose from. 

If you have the chance to read my long winded post and have insight on alternative ways start my REI journey please respond or feel free to DM me.

If the alternative is wait 5 years for a down payment on something you don’t live in, you stand to likely gain substantially by moving on this decision now and collecting rent, principal pay down, appreciation, and tax benefits in those 5 years.  

But when you are trying to compare how to spend money versus non-real estate alternatives like stocks and make sure the juice is worth the squeeze, IMO you want to do a proper underwriting. 

However, alternative financing options come with higher costs and risks, so weigh the pros and cons before using them.Good luck!

The only "alternative" site - if you could even call it that - that has yielded a tenant for us was apartments.com.